X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to; bh=XxSWxJQ7mIa3XfkLQm47Bobtgejj0cd+XGpjKJCgEU4=; b=sA19GFXu9GGuQVyTQSNknGDYSScmgNB6lDem0w7xGfutgDlsXMquTXgbWon+NRBeKt hEmz9/f5M8AlTIiHM3Vtoy3Vp/eCsQDjyH1uF0hdsqzgVN/KyPBN0iJTLxnT0Whlb8s+ JX1uSRXTXYllDSk7MnELJtfwEPCv0ZtvcwMEX19f3DTisCp4Yg9U/xN2dSqv4Od7p30O pnZrK0rpnLSHhMyS7C7MmDzaKfIBzwLrEqDQ/hcl3ONQGIDaRSNPTN9FecV8c1DshSos z9blNwyPYfDVLuHkG0RYwr8fyJaRWjwp6h/WzbDiXhHiS1bewnBYKcnOpvGtCp9Vhh+g cn/w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to; bh=XxSWxJQ7mIa3XfkLQm47Bobtgejj0cd+XGpjKJCgEU4=; b=UoB0s7R5BDMpdnCNtYtaftX08oneZWpmmwEg1ubFKdXcqZCuR3PdjIWFpkUdv5FcB6 U63tpfxBx/M/QA5VIJZTkOQgDWuXVkAWvEQ23FXtQHFy0z8F4xUOhql3xstbE03GqToL SX5TGhDjroTtowEkjzbHuvcFiXaE87Hmrhu6uUxg1LUbWraoPuZ6VMf/Z3mrp8ydQB96 /D+MDFwx0UtHCRnnGHq97jzWSjZRpAGfSPzIz69AVn/2p2sZ0AHqJ2jGHDXBK3gbeUw0 FGVzl5WhpezKjpmDHEvgvFnfyS4nH0I8Nz+YeB/tqVJryJc9LiFGAsJAU7TAo3ET1dDl rhZw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tIs6hYw7uHnN6QYh8oKAI7oYmx2N7T46YDhnZMK5b66avgSiFCgMTS8hdGC3heQmkt+8kRSnHUkfkQn7w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.46.0.72 with SMTP id 69mr456375lja.58.1464738081771; Tue, 31 May 2016 16:41:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 23:41:21 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] RFC: the "Cursor line noise" From: "Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: gEDA users mailing list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 7:43 AM, wrote: > Hi all, > > first of all: this mail has nothing to do with gschem and does _not_ propose > anything for mainline pcb either. I state generic "what users would prefer > in a random software having the same issue" questions. > > (Background: I'm working on the "conf rewrite" in pcb-rnd, collecting all > the configuration/setting/preferences data into a central tree in memory > that has an uniform API.) > > Today I bumped into an old problem that does affect users who want to keep > .pcb files in VCS: the Cursor line and the Grid line noise. > > The core of the problem is that these two lines represent GUI settings. On > one hand it'd be great to have the last cursor position and grid setting > saved but it certainly can interfere with VCS usage generating dummy diffs. > > With the conf rewrite I have a new perspecitve looking at this old problem > and I came up with this idea: > > - a design file should not contain non-design-related data (e.g. GUI > settings) Agreed in the name of all things sane and decent. > - instead there could be a separate file that could save such settings Until you mentioned it I had ignored that there wasn't a pcbrc file or something. > - the user would place the main design file (e.g. foo.pcb) under VCS but the > design-preferences file with all gui settings would be an uncommited local > file (e.g. foo.pcb.pref). ok but I feel like we should be able to have multiple pcb files use the same preference file. > - drawback: the user needs to know about what the two files are for, when > adding one (or both) to vcs, when sharing/distributing them, during backups, > etc. This should not be complicated for them. > So my question is, as an user, what do you think about this approach? Would > it bother you if a random CAD program would start to split design files like > that? Is it worth the hassle (from the user's point of view) or the > Cursor-Grid-like-noise is too small to deal with 2 files all the time? > > TIA, > > Igor2 -- Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/ -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v2 mQENBFYy4RYBCAC183JomLtbdAlcKiaPDoVHq52LDmVmH75aiEc69m7YxDt54/ai VtYCAobbGVIyn3Hlz3uhF6LnPl/6Lm1VdnCfpwu3KQhCO6ds10ow2C30X4ohCqOd hCVg5C+ILmQkEffFrFODy3ji+PYTF4pADvHCWsTMv0hf0llwFOJsBCK6cl02IffE JPqy4PjM1nZ9HpzT84JBaG/4OGvTZ8SQ2yFUl265jagvygPTf88H1xpZHH1r8dB1 stjUHLmPH8AOyDgKxFchgGeDc3p/vJtgDDIXAFfDXG0NSRovLmtaQdGxe47Zf/go bXiEM7YL2WqQe5zfEA919JxkEwlDKYniOSVzABEBAAG0N0V2YW4gRm9zcyAoVGhp cyBpcyBteSBwdWJsaWMga2V5LikgPGV2YW5mb3NzQGdtYWlsLmNvbT6JATkEEwEC ACMFAlYy4RYCGwMHCwkIBwMCAQYVCAIJCgsEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRCIpQTcE8nN bbBaCACAm8pU5lG1ev2Fsw68Axtcl57SJrYieqX96c3YuYH9JpqMqJRnd9nDKw9X tQuvuH7tUk0VbOaDqReOYJVI/4c5wb9AaOFp6K2DUcupq6XhgXpvz3HzoPwjAdIj XuQzdRUx5+innTJrSkGuBYW/CZ2zqEx4xfLlq4rO0hoTUMR8QVp2cCrkw6BT0m86 APIw/ZnjoxM8IEzr7MxfRIg3qpzrZk28rmhx+k78Jyk61UhwcCPGIm/pjUopTwYJ 3YBdRB2cYD2aN7A1JVf5cRmSQYooHBGpH0kYvomGk97PKqypVuJ7OpG9xM58wUcC qUVt9hKlePLzP8csYjt8onqI7qIIuQENBFYy4RYBCADlH8spG3WkCx62vB5mr5Z0 SCDd/RcyA4A5y5EOj5KurQkrSWpgi9Ho1yKruMJ6blQR2qkc66KqH9pnXDm/ZI1M K/wdW3ngETxBmXoozzFMT89aEWIVR5/PFodWK1elekE9iJxACuR98Zg2QttTD3x8 A9w8VEyMLOXcDTrPFpHegMKswFBg5iuMulAdXAoGejWTI3n+qKFpabHm2Lfs6wjk 5rjucpTdeFK6UeWF1xAvNxXibuu5BlGwv53930qIXRwO/Gn2Rh5DXWxKU2fEIme/ xgQQmIsDeUoWbfybdjw/x7Q0LW4mINiLDQcGHHRQKFIxbAJCT3USPLGh5xwE9/Er ABEBAAGJAR8EGAECAAkFAlYy4RYCGwwACgkQiKUE3BPJzW0uYAf9Hf30n8tM3mR2 Zo6ESE0ivgdgjaJtAWrBUx7JzAzPjBnBOlNnu5Y9lVEqetvUPH6e3PvaHYUuaUU8 0HwxuKBW9nUprgV6uIu1DZmlcp+SxpbuCy7RDpNocRLNWWFMaYYzznmTgfnTgD4D gCq8Mf1mcfrluTkOAo+QNqbMfl1GISClopRqxVuAo59ewgMnFujwgd8w12BwWl24 CzqOs5HqcUslePj+LzcjSNgVCklYwKl+0dsb/fctMOCtHodwqm2CBJ+zydvNmYkD fxda/J91Z1xrah5ec++FL0L4vs+jCiIWJeupJFKlr1hCMZiiGH7W554loK5l4jv3 EY347EidAw== =Ta4p -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----