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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Scope of the hires flag in PCB file format?
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Josef:
> I am trying to write a parser for the PCB file format.

Nice, what language ?
And you do know that there are parsers written i c in pcb and pcb-rnd ?

> >From the file format description (section 8.8 in
> http://pcb.geda-project.org/pcb-cvs/pcb.html#File-Syntax) it is not clear to
> me what is the "scope" of the high resolution flagging by square brackets.
> 
> For example, given a symbol like this:
> 
>   Symbol['!' 12]
>   (
>           SymbolLine(0 45 0 50 8)
>           SymbolLine(0 10 0 35 8)
>   )
> 
> will the "scope" of the high definition squares extend to the children
> (SysmbolLine)?

To my knowledge, yes.

> BTW: http://pcb.geda-project.org/pcb-cvs/pcb.html seems to be somwhat
>      outdated. Is this the current documentation or should I look somewhere
>      else?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/pcb/+bug/699012
Ask around, maybe we can better it.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar

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