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From: karl AT aspodata DOT se
To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb_fprintf mixes mm and mils for same output object
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Comments: In-reply-to "Peter Clifton (petercjclifton AT googlemail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
   message dated "Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:29:55 +0000."
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Peter Clifton:
> On 25 Jan 2016 22:11, "DJ Delorie" <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> > The idea was to preserve the intent of the developer, without access
> > to any data about what that intent was.
> >
> > Switching the file format to nanomaters would be "exact" but make it
> > very difficult to understand the file format, especially when the
> > design is mostly imperial units.
> 
> Indeed, this is deliberate - and "probably" should be kept as is.
> 
> Mixing metric and imperial is a bit of a mess, but it does make some sense.

Yes, please respect the user and don't rewrite the file to some
canonical form.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar

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