X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.4 at av01.lsn.net Message-ID: <55DDCA3B.6080907@ecosensory.com> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 09:16:27 -0500 From: John Griessen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: [geda-user] getting started for newbies (was: speed-dial type buttons ) References: <55D8D8B8 DOT 7050907 AT jump-ing DOT de> <20150822230549 DOT 3750 DOT qmail AT stuge DOT se> <55D9A5AE DOT 9090604 AT jump-ing DOT de> <55D9BC06 DOT 9060106 AT iae DOT nl> <55D9C34A DOT 2090709 AT jump-ing DOT de> <201508232341 DOT t7NNfl9O012371 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <55DA8231 DOT 4010904 AT mcmahill DOT net> <55DADE5A DOT 4020902 AT jump-ing DOT de> <55DB6A7C DOT 8090309 AT jump-ing DOT de> <55DB7F6A DOT 2050008 AT ecosensory DOT com> <20150825080001 DOT 5fc83c0223a8f3e52b5dd1bf AT gmail DOT com> <201508251626 DOT t7PGQeGY023950 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <20150825213238 DOT c7b0d9f599ca00b4e517e7d0 AT gmail DOT com> <201508251949 DOT t7PJnaJg031751 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> In-Reply-To: <201508251949.t7PJnaJg031751@envy.delorie.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com On 08/25/2015 02:49 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > A "getting started" button on gschem would need to assume that > the one schematic is sufficient for one pcb, or figure out how to ask > the user what other schematics are needed. I think all concerns with this kind of thing can be handled with: 1. Make almost all buttons easy to reconfigure without recompiling. The rest of the details still work out no matter how implemented.