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On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:16 AM, Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk AT familieknaak DOT de> wrote:
> gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:
>
>> I had such an effort years ago. It was a standalone plugin for PCB
>> of the time. It used GPMI to support multiple languages - not
>> requiring all of them installed, but letting the user install
>> language plugins. It supported all the languages you listed above
>> (gpmi even has a guile backend!).
>>
>> Unfortunately it did not attract any user. I think only a very few
>> people are actually interested in scripting PCB (other than with the
>> builtin action language).
>
> IMHO, the ability to script just every action and even the UI on a
> user level is one of the strengths of eagle. I get the impression that
> scripting is used a lot by seasoned eagle users. The way eagle does it
> with its own exclusive languages (plural!) is a different story
> though. I'd recommend a look at freeCAD for a more convincing example
> on how to tackle scripting in a CAD environment.
>
> IMHO, to get widely adopted scripting must be readily available in the
> default install of the suite. Plus, its use must be covered by the
> manual, by howtos and by first-steps. When these conditions are met.
> scripting can get quite an asset.

Indeed scripting can be an very powerful. The catch is we have to fix
some underpinnings.


> ---<)kaimartin(>---
>



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