X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-help-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-TCPREMOTEIP: 100.0.183.69 X-Authenticated-UID: jpd AT noqsi DOT com From: John Doty Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_8375C97C-308D-463D-97CF-A1FA864E61A4" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Re: [geda-help] Linux Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 11:01:14 -0400 References: <20200901193434 DOT GB19839 AT newvzh DOT lokolhoz> <20200902141116 DOT GA2911 AT newvzh DOT lokolhoz> <20200902165424 DOT GB2911 AT newvzh DOT lokolhoz> <20200903180123 DOT GC8483 AT newvzh DOT lokolhoz> <20200904135221 DOT GA3459 AT newvzh DOT lokolhoz> <20200904173022 DOT GB17868 AT newvzh DOT lokolhoz> To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <457377B7-D5BD-48C2-B85A-5E0B1D01F3BE@noqsi.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) Reply-To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-help AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk --Apple-Mail=_8375C97C-308D-463D-97CF-A1FA864E61A4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On Sep 5, 2020, at 10:02 AM, Torben Friis (friistf AT gmail DOT com) [via = geda-help AT delorie DOT com] wrote: >=20 > Lepton, xorn, pcb, and pcb-rnd - are they all forks? Xorn and pcb are part of the gEDA project. Lepton is a fork. Those of us involved consider it more faithful to the = original gEDA vision. Xorn and Lepton use a common file format, so you may use both on the = same project if you want. Pcb-rnd could perhaps have been considered a fork of pcb at the start, = but it=E2=80=99s drastically changed. > It is elements that I know nothing about and which a user should'nt = need to know about. > I think an installation instruction and a tutorial would do a lot for = Lepton. https://github.com/lepton-eda/lepton-eda/wiki > The installation instruction for Ubuntu 20.04 would take about 11 = lines and should not be too difficult to maintain. Could'nt the tutorial = pretty easily be produced on basis of the gsch2pcb tutorial by changing = some file- and command names? Is anyone using Lepton with pcb? That=E2=80=99s only one of many = possible flows. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. jpd AT noqsi DOT com --Apple-Mail=_8375C97C-308D-463D-97CF-A1FA864E61A4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
On Sep 5, 2020, at 10:02 AM, Torben Friis (friistf AT gmail DOT com) [via = geda-help AT delorie DOT com] <geda-help AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

Lepton, xorn, pcb, and pcb-rnd - are they all = forks?

Xorn and pcb = are part of the gEDA project.

Lepton = is a fork. Those of us involved consider it more faithful to the = original gEDA vision.

Xorn and = Lepton use a common file format, so you may use both on the same project = if you want.

Pcb-rnd could perhaps = have been considered a fork of pcb at the start, but it=E2=80=99s = drastically changed.

It is elements that I know nothing about = and which a user should'nt need to know about.
I think an installation instruction and a = tutorial would do a lot for Lepton.


The installation instruction for Ubuntu 20.04 = would take about 11 lines and should not be too difficult to maintain. = Could'nt the tutorial pretty easily be produced on basis of the gsch2pcb = tutorial by changing some file- and command = names?

Is anyone = using Lepton with pcb? That=E2=80=99s only one of many possible = flows.

John Doty    =           Noqsi = Aerospace, Ltd.

jpd AT noqsi DOT com




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