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Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:04:01 -0500
From: John Griessen <john AT ecosensory DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb footprint update hack
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On 07/20/2012 05:58 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
>> Using a plugin that either does a regex search, or better, just
>> >  operates on "all selected elements".
> IMHO, this should have have a firm place in the main code -- both in
> gschem and in PCB. Powerful search and replace is one of the few
> features I really miss since I left protel99SE.

Search and replace of every element is what the chip design tools allow.
I wouldn't mind it being in plugins for the chip design oriented.

The underpinnings being in the main code is what is important, not the
particular commands or GUI used.

We're not ready yet.  Probably in a 3 years as things have been going,
we will have the underpinnings done for search and replace by gschem
element and PCB element down to the polygon-on-a-layer level.
And 2-way updating gschem-->PCB-->gschem-->PCB.

But we're not there yet, and figuring how to do a hack to get by is a good thing.

John