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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Chinese glyph rendering in pcb as symbols
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On 05/09/14 21:43, Bernd Walter wrote:
>>> > >> The tools and scripts would still work, all you'd have to do is feed them
>>> > >> the text file from the zip.
>> > >
>> > > I consider this impractical if you regulary switch between text editor
>> > > and PCB.
>> > > And it completely breaks revision control systems without having a
>> > > specific ZIP plugin.
> > 
> > I'm curious if that is a very common use case among gEDA users?
I and many others use gschem and pcb files in version control of some
sort. The text file format is a huge bonus for us. Any zip type
compression to package a file is a bad move as it breaks version
control. I also love being able to hack at the PCB file in a text editor...

Just my 2p (I'm in England...;-) )

Ed

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