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From: "Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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I have started to look at the code and improments but have not yet been able to contribute anything useful. I have seen the footprint generator but not the others. Do you know anything more missing?


Nicklas Karlsson




> On Thu, 7 Jan 2016, Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> 
> > Attached filename is in line with README, INSTALL, ... put a file like this into the source directory?
> 
> FYI, pcb-rnd already implements two points on your list for pcb:
> 
> 8. Footprint generator?
> 
> pcb-rnd introduced a new sytnax to clearly distinguish between static 
> footprints and generated footprints; generated footprints are 
> external scripts/programs written in whatever language and called dirctly 
> by pcb-rnd and gsch2pcb-rnd.
> 
> (Mainline PCB also has/had a footprint generator, m4 based).
> 
> 16. Pin swapping!
> 
> There is a GUI feature on top of the generic back annotation feature to 
> swap pins. Pcb-rnd remembers your pin swappings (they remain remembered 
> until a new forward annotation performs them). It is possible to back 
> annotate the swaps to gschem-ba.