X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 13:45:08 +0200 (CEST) X-X-Sender: igor2 AT igor2priv To: "Gene Heskett (gheskett AT shentel DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" X-Debug: to=geda-user AT delorie DOT com from="gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu" From: gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu Subject: Re: [geda-user] rolling feature poll (pcb-rnd) In-Reply-To: <201604190721.39259.gheskett@shentel.net> Message-ID: References: <201604190721 DOT 39259 DOT gheskett AT shentel DOT net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Tue, 19 Apr 2016, Gene Heskett (gheskett AT shentel DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > On Tuesday 19 April 2016 03:26:24 gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm still doing cleanup cycles (next release is on its way), but I >> already see the end of the tunnel. After finishing the cleanups, I >> have the choice to implement new features in pcb-rnd or to switch to >> cschem. >> >> I decided to start a rollling, non-one-time vote about the new >> features. I especially try to focus on which features would make users >> to invest time in testing/using/supporting pcb-rnd on the long run (as >> I don't have high/direct demand on these features as an user so I >> wouldn't implement them for my own amusement). I wrote a crude CGI >> that can collect and store the votes: >> >> http://igor2.repo.hu/cgi-bin/pcb-rnd-poll.cgi > > I couldn't vote, the captcha contained at least one character my US > English keyboard (and English only speaking user) cannot type. Kanji? > > please use all ascii characters. All characters are ASCII; they are hexadecimal digit: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f If the captcha seems hard to read, please refresh to get a different one. > >> If you are a PCB user, please take a few minutes to visit the page and >> if you like any of the features, please make your vote (it takes only >> an email address to do so). > > I used pcb for my last little 1x2" circuit, and found it wanting lots of > things, like connections at the end of a trace that were supposed to > connect to a solder pad for an external wire, missed connecting by 2 or In pcb-world that's adding a single-pin element. > 3 thou when made into gcode to mechanically engrave the circuit. Eiother I'd love to fix gcode bugs, but I don't have any gcode-device. If you'd sign up for testing gcode fixes in pcb-rnd I can look for a free gcode-viewer and add the item on the list. In the meantime I think someone is also working on gcode fixes in the mainline. > I wasn't looking in the right pace, or the available solder pads were > too small, so that when the thru-hole was drilled big enough for a 24 > gauge wire, the whole pad was removed by the drill. Out in the real > world, we do use wire bigger than 30 ga kynar wrapping wire for external > connections. You can increase the ring size ('s' on the gtk HID). Regards, Igor2