Mail Archives: geda-user/2018/02/03/11:17:11
Hello Igor,
Op 03-02-18 om 16:35 schreef gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu:
> Hello Richard,
>
> On Sat, 3 Feb 2018, Richard Rasker (rasker AT linetec DOT nl) [via
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>
>> Question (and the answer is probably 'no', but I'm curious anyway):
>> with the cursor over the net, is there a way to report the net length
>> up to the cursor, even when the total length is more? The actual
>> tubing has markings at every 10 meters, and it would be convenient if
>> I could duplicate this in the PCB plan -- but it might also be handy
>> when designing CPU and memory buses for actual pcb's.
>
> I can implement this in pcb-rnd in about 15 minutes, if you are
> willing to test it using trunk/.
Being a very lazy person, I normally use the geda-unstable package from
the Mehanik ppa, but I'm absolutely willing to give pcb-rnd a try, and
yes, this easier net length lookup would be rather handy even for this
one application.
One question: is building & installing pcb-rnd likely to interfere with
the package version of pcb or any other gEDA components?
If so, then I'll probably do this in a separate Linux installation that
I use for experiments (I'm rather dependent on a properly working gEDA
suite).
But hey, thanks, I'll look forward to this functionality! I'll have to
figure out how to build pcb-rnd again (I don't do much in the way of
software builds), but I've done that before, so I should be able to
figure it out again.
Thanks again,
Richard
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