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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Footprint Generator
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Jason,

Thanks for the fantastic input. I've either committed a change or added an
issue for each item in your list.

If you have anything else, feel free to email or submit an issue.

And thanks for posting a screenshot.

Cheers,
Ed

> On Jan 24, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Jason White <whitewaterssoftwareinfo AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> 
> Cool, I like it.
> Thank you Ed
> 
> I certainly will make use of this!
> 
> Attached is a screenshot for those who are interested.
> 
> It Features 5 Modes:
> -> Chip - SMT resistors, diodes, and inductors
> -> DIL - SOIC, SSOP type packages
> -> DIP - DIP type packages
> -> D-Pak - SMT packages with a tab, All SOT and D-Pak types
> -> Quad - QFP/QFN type packages
> 
> === Wishlist ===
> In general I'd like to see support for
> -> Single row things like connectors
> -> Circular things like electrolytic capacitors

I've added the SIP footprint to the program.
I've added the circular package as an enhancement in the issue tracker.

> === Package Availability Issue ===
> It seems Ubuntu (14.04) does not have the ruby-gdk-pixbuf package. I
> got it from the Debian repositories, but it was rather a lot of
> hassle. Is there a workaround to get ruby to download and install the
> package directly?

I'm not sure, but I've added it to the issue tracker.

> === Stability Issue (bad parameter input produces crashes) ===
> * It is a but unstable, for instance I crashed it trying to enter
> inches as opposed to mm. Silly me! I should have enter mil not in.
> * It also crashed when I entered nonsensical values for package width
> and number of pins in quad flat mode.

I've added a fix for the crash to the program and added using inches as
units the the issue tracker as an enhancement.

> It seems the input parser could do with some beefing up, heres the
> point of failure the three times I have crashed it thus far.
> 
> -> /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/gfootgen-0.0.1/lib/gfootgen/pcb/coord.rb:106:in
> `parse': Pcb::Coord::ParseError
> 
> -- 
> Jason White
> <footprint_creator_screenshot.png>