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Subject: | Re: [geda-user] gschem script button |
From: | Britton Kerin <britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com> |
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Good idea, I might even use it despite being fine with command line, since its a bit clunky to switch-run-script-reload. pcb offers to reload when it detects the file has changed, but sometimes crashes when you say yes (on my version anyway). Britton On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Joshua Lansford <joshua DOT lansford AT laserlinc DOT com> wrote: > Hey guys, > An idea for gschem and possibly pcb: > From my understanding, a lot of the power of gschem comes from the > simplistic file format which allows external scripts to extract and change > information. I have utilized this myself as well as several other folks. > For a command line kind of person like myself this isn't a problem. > For a gui type of person, jumping in and out of the program though the > design iteration to execute external scripts seems like a design flaw. (I > don't think it is... just saying...) so I thought of the following idea for > incorporating external scripts into gschem without script specifically > having been design for inclusion. > Create a directive to include in the gafrc file which specifies > -a script filename with arguments and a $@ > -an image icon, > -and a tool tip. > This button then shows in gschem on the tool bar. When this button is > clicked, the in memory pages are saved to a temporary folder, the script is > called with these pages and the temporary files are then loaded back into > gschem without editing the original files. The textual information of the > script is shown in a popup. The user can then immediately view the changes > the script made, if any and if he/she likes them can then save them, or hit > undo to revert. > This work flow process should handle bom generation, export to pcb, > refdes_renum as well as innumerable other scripts which work directly on the > file format itself. > Powerful scripts then become available as button clicks to those who try > to stay clear of the ominous command line. Just an idea. > ~Joshua
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