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To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
From: Markus Hitter <mah AT jump-ing DOT de>
Subject: [geda-user] Better pcbdiff?
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:49:02 +0200
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Hello all,

Bert Timmerman came around with an idea to improve pcbdiff. Instead  
of showing different colors for changed/unchanged, he makes the  
layout showing both, old and new version, swapped every second or so.  
Essentially, the changes between two layouts blink then. It's  
implemented using a GIF, which, as we all know, allows pixel-sharp  
animations in a single file.

See https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048766

What do you think? Good? Ouch? We need both?


For myself I'm usually no fan of anything blinking, but this way  
colors are preserved, making a diff much more useful in multi-layer  
layouts. So I consider it to be a valueable improvement over the  
current strategy.

I also think having more than one pcbdiff confuses users and costs  
too much code maintenance.


Markus

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