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--089e0160b3dcb8090f052bcd776e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 14 Feb 2016 08:57, <gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am doing a major cleanup on pcb-rnd. While doing so, I started to wonder if any pcb user/developer actually use the following features in pcb. > > Please reply if you have used any of these in the past few years or you plan to use them in the near future. A simple "yes" is enough but comments/details/use cases are also welcome. > > 1a. Do you ever use the toporouter? Yes, but mostly just out of developer curiosity. Has potential I think, but not useful as it stands for most boards. > 1b. More generally, any of pcb's built-in autorouter? Only as a developer checking it still works.. Never for real work. > 1c. Alternatively, any external autorouter with pcb? No, and I don't think we have the file format support to do it anyway. > > 2. Do you use libstroke? (Gesture recognition lib) No. > 3. Do you use dmalloc? (Dynamic allocation debug library) No. Valgrind generally does what I need, and on an existing binary. Have been chasing a difficult use after free bug recently though (probably just related to my polygon branch, but "possibly" upstream too) - so I may look and see if dmalloc can provide any additional insight. (Might be able to patch it to give me more info on the object in question) > 4a. Do you use the renumber() action? (It should rename all elements on the current pcb and optionally save a file that should be usable for back annotation) Yes, have used this on real boards in the past. > 4b. If you use renumber(), do you also do the back annotation part? Yes.. With an additional patch to pcb which used the renumber file against the hierarchical netlist from my schematics. > > 5a. Do you build pcb's texi documentation? Probably, but I don't think I've ever used it. > 5b. Do you edit (contribute to) pcb's texi documentation? Probably not... But doesn't this also generate the html docs too? Peter --089e0160b3dcb8090f052bcd776e Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p dir=3D"ltr"><br> On 14 Feb 2016 08:57, <<a href=3D"mailto:gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu">gedau AT igor= 2.repo.hu</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> > Hi all,<br> ><br> > I am doing a major cleanup on pcb-rnd. While doing so, I started to wo= nder if any pcb user/developer actually use the following features in pcb.<= br> ><br> > Please reply if you have used any of these in the past few years or yo= u plan to use them in the near future. A simple "yes" is enough b= ut comments/details/use cases are also welcome.<br> ><br> > 1a. Do you ever use the toporouter?</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">Yes, but mostly just out of developer curiosity. Has potenti= al I think, but not useful as it stands for most boards.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">> 1b. More generally, any of pcb's built-in autoroute= r?</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">Only as a developer checking it still works.. Never for real= work.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">> 1c. Alternatively, any external autorouter with pcb?</p= > <p dir=3D"ltr">No, and I don't think we have the file format support to= do it anyway.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">><br> > 2. Do you use libstroke? (Gesture recognition lib)</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">No. </p> <p dir=3D"ltr">> 3. Do you use dmalloc? (Dynamic allocation debug librar= y)</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">No. Valgrind generally does what I need, and on an existing = binary.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">Have been chasing a difficult use after free bug recently th= ough (probably just related to my polygon branch, but "possibly" = upstream too) - so I may look and see if dmalloc can provide any additional= insight. (Might be able to patch it to give me more info on the object in = question)</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">> 4a. Do you use the renumber() action? (It should rename= all elements on the current pcb and optionally save a file that should be = usable for back annotation)</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">Yes, have used this on real boards in the past.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">> 4b. If you use renumber(), do you also do the back anno= tation part?</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">Yes.. With an additional patch to pcb which used the renumbe= r file against the hierarchical netlist from my schematics.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">><br> > 5a. Do you build pcb's texi documentation?</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">Probably, but I don't think I've ever used it.</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">> 5b. Do you edit (contribute to) pcb's texi document= ation?</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">Probably not... But doesn't this also generate the html = docs too?</p> <p dir=3D"ltr">Peter</p> --089e0160b3dcb8090f052bcd776e--
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