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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Footprint Generator
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Marvin,

Thanks. I've love to see a OS X port. I run OS X on my main machine.

Cheers,
Ed

> On Jan 24, 2015, at 4:27 PM, Marvin Dickens <mpdickens AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> 
> Really nice work!When I get a chance, I'm going to give a shot at
> compiling your
> work on OS X.
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Marvin Dickens
> 
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Jason White
> <whitewaterssoftwareinfo AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
>> Cool, I like it.
>> Thank you Ed
>> 
>> I certainly will make use of this!
>> 
>> Attached is a screenshot for those who are interested.
>> 
>> It Features 5 Modes:
>> -> Chip - SMT resistors, diodes, and inductors
>> -> DIL - SOIC, SSOP type packages
>> -> DIP - DIP type packages
>> -> D-Pak - SMT packages with a tab, All SOT and D-Pak types
>> -> Quad - QFP/QFN type packages
>> 
>> === Wishlist ===
>> In general I'd like to see support for
>> -> Single row things like connectors
>> -> Circular things like electrolytic capacitors
>> 
>> === Package Availability Issue ===
>> It seems Ubuntu (14.04) does not have the ruby-gdk-pixbuf package. I
>> got it from the Debian repositories, but it was rather a lot of
>> hassle. Is there a workaround to get ruby to download and install the
>> package directly?
>> 
>> === Stability Issue (bad parameter input produces crashes) ===
>> * It is a but unstable, for instance I crashed it trying to enter
>> inches as opposed to mm. Silly me! I should have enter mil not in.
>> * It also crashed when I entered nonsensical values for package width
>> and number of pins in quad flat mode.
>> 
>> It seems the input parser could do with some beefing up, heres the
>> point of failure the three times I have crashed it thus far.
>> 
>> -> /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/gfootgen-0.0.1/lib/gfootgen/pcb/coord.rb:106:in
>> `parse': Pcb::Coord::ParseError
>> 
>> --
>> Jason White

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