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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Footprint Generator
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Really nice work!When I get a chance, I'm going to give a shot at
compiling your
work on OS X.


Regards

Marvin Dickens

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Jason White
<whitewaterssoftwareinfo AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> Cool, I like it.
> Thank you Ed
>
> I certainly will make use of this!
>
> Attached is a screenshot for those who are interested.
>
> It Features 5 Modes:
> -> Chip - SMT resistors, diodes, and inductors
> -> DIL - SOIC, SSOP type packages
> -> DIP - DIP type packages
> -> D-Pak - SMT packages with a tab, All SOT and D-Pak types
> -> Quad - QFP/QFN type packages
>
> === Wishlist ===
> In general I'd like to see support for
> -> Single row things like connectors
> -> Circular things like electrolytic capacitors
>
> === Package Availability Issue ===
> It seems Ubuntu (14.04) does not have the ruby-gdk-pixbuf package. I
> got it from the Debian repositories, but it was rather a lot of
> hassle. Is there a workaround to get ruby to download and install the
> package directly?
>
> === Stability Issue (bad parameter input produces crashes) ===
> * It is a but unstable, for instance I crashed it trying to enter
> inches as opposed to mm. Silly me! I should have enter mil not in.
> * It also crashed when I entered nonsensical values for package width
> and number of pins in quad flat mode.
>
> It seems the input parser could do with some beefing up, heres the
> point of failure the three times I have crashed it thus far.
>
> -> /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/gfootgen-0.0.1/lib/gfootgen/pcb/coord.rb:106:in
> `parse': Pcb::Coord::ParseError
>
> --
> Jason White