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On 02/22/2012 06:30:08 PM, Colin D Bennett wrote:

> I don't know whether I would have a use for Bezier curves, but it
> could be handy for e.g., showing waveforms on the schematic

+1

> or including company logos,

+1


> product appearance drawings,

In the schematic? I wouldn't make this a priority.


> Inkscape is nice, and I like it, but it is a bloated hog of a
> program.

IMHO, it is quite lean compared to its commercial competitors
(Coreldraw, Adobe illustrator).


> It takes about 20 seconds to load on my fast dual-core
> laptop.

win or lin?
Inkscape starts in less than 5 sec on my not so fast dual-core Debian
powered desktop.


> but not at the cost of making gschem slow.  Its speed and
> lightweightness is a great strength.

I beg to differ on the speed issue. With some of my heavier schematics,
there is a noticeable lag for pan and zoom. This is just 2D with a limited
set of colors and no complex transformations involved. On anything that
remotely resembles a contemporary desktop computer, pan and zoom should be
blazingly fast. Since Peter Cliftons added openGL and other magic to pcb,
the layout GUI beats gschem hands down for the same project (on my desktop)=
.

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