Re: gEDA-dev: gsch2pcb, xgsch2pcb: searchpath for the pcb libraries

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2-at-NOSPAMcam_dot_ac_dot_uk>]

On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 22:18 +0100, Werner Hoch wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> On Freitag, 4. Januar 2008, Peter Clifton wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 21:53 +0100, Werner Hoch wrote:
> > > the attached patch adds the missing pcb libs.
> > >
> > > Please review before applying.
> >
> > I'm not sure I like coding this into someone's gsch2pcb project file,
> > as in theory they should be portable between systems.
> >
> > It is possible that gsch2pcb needs updating to match current PCB
> > library locations. A more palatable patch might just add the extra
> > search path to the gsch2pcb invocation at run time (but not save it
> > in the project file).
> 
> Well, IHMO there's no difference between adding the path to the file and 
> adding it as command line parameter to gsch2pcb.
> Both are hardcoded into xgsch2pcb.

One writes that hard-coded output into the user's data file, one
doesn't. I'm thinking of the case where a user might transfer files to a
different machine with a different search path here.


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Peter Clifton

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