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Date: | Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:10:00 -0500 |
Message-Id: | <201601252210.u0PMA0uc031097@envy.delorie.com> |
From: | DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> |
To: | geda-user AT delorie DOT com |
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Subject: | Re: [geda-user] pcb_fprintf mixes mm and mils for same output object |
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The idea was to preserve the intent of the developer, without access to any data about what that intent was. Switching the file format to nanomaters would be "exact" but make it very difficult to understand the file format, especially when the design is mostly imperial units.
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