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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb graphical objects spec
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On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:58 AM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
> The current PCB file format is documented in the PCB manual, which is
> part of the PCB install.  Look for "pcb.pdf" and read the "File
> Formats -> File Syntax" subsection.
>
> Note that while the file seems to be line oriented, and pcb always
> outputs it as such, the specification does not require that.  The only
> reliable way to read a PCB file is to write a plugin and let pcb read
> it for you :-)

Would it be a bad thing to make line orientation part of the spec?
My parsers take it for granted.

Britton