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As a user, I favor the separation of design file from GUI settings, =
precisely for the VCS issue you mention.


On May 31, 2016, at 4:43 PM, gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:

> Hi all,
>=20
> first of all: this mail has nothing to do with gschem and does _not_ =
propose anything for mainline pcb either. I state generic "what users =
would prefer in a random software having the same issue" questions.
>=20
> (Background: I'm working on the "conf rewrite" in pcb-rnd, collecting =
all the configuration/setting/preferences data into a central tree in =
memory that has an uniform API.)
>=20
> Today I bumped into an old problem that does affect users who want to =
keep .pcb files in VCS: the Cursor line and the Grid line noise.
>=20
> The core of the problem is that these two lines represent GUI =
settings. On one hand it'd be great to have the last cursor position and =
grid setting saved but it certainly can interfere with VCS usage =
generating dummy diffs.
>=20
> With the conf rewrite I have a new perspecitve looking at this old =
problem and I came up with this idea:
>=20
> - a design file should not contain non-design-related data (e.g. GUI =
settings)
>=20
> - instead there could be a separate file that could save such settings
>=20
> - the user would place the main design file (e.g. foo.pcb) under VCS =
but the design-preferences file with all gui settings would be an =
uncommited local file (e.g. foo.pcb.pref).
>=20
> - drawback: the user needs to know about what the two files are for, =
when adding one (or both) to vcs, when sharing/distributing them, during =
backups, etc.
>=20
> So my question is, as an user, what do you think about this approach? =
Would it bother you if a random CAD program would start to split design =
files like that? Is it worth the hassle (from the user's point of view) =
or the Cursor-Grid-like-noise is too small to deal with 2 files all the =
time?
>=20
> TIA,
>=20
> Igor2


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<br><div><div>On May 31, 2016, at 4:43 PM, <a =
href=3D"mailto:gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu">gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu</a> =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite">Hi all,<br><br>first of all: this mail has nothing to do =
with gschem and does _not_ propose anything for mainline pcb either. I =
state generic "what users would prefer in a random software having the =
same issue" questions.<br><br>(Background: I'm working on the "conf =
rewrite" in pcb-rnd, collecting all the =
configuration/setting/preferences data into a central tree in memory =
that has an uniform API.)<br><br>Today I bumped into an old problem that =
does affect users who want to keep .pcb files in VCS: the Cursor line =
and the Grid line noise.<br><br>The core of the problem is that these =
two lines represent GUI settings. On one hand it'd be great to have the =
last cursor position and grid setting saved but it certainly can =
interfere with VCS usage generating dummy diffs.<br><br>With the conf =
rewrite I have a new perspecitve looking at this old problem and I came =
up with this idea:<br><br>- a design file should not contain =
non-design-related data (e.g. GUI settings)<br><br>- instead there could =
be a separate file that could save such settings<br><br>- the user would =
place the main design file (e.g. foo.pcb) under VCS but the =
design-preferences file with all gui settings would be an uncommited =
local file (e.g. foo.pcb.pref).<br><br>- drawback: the user needs to =
know about what the two files are for, when adding one (or both) to vcs, =
when sharing/distributing them, during backups, etc.<br><br>So my =
question is, as an user, what do you think about this approach? Would it =
bother you if a random CAD program would start to split design files =
like that? Is it worth the hassle (from the user's point of view) or the =
Cursor-Grid-like-noise is too small to deal with 2 files all the =
time?<br><br>TIA,<br><br>Igor2<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></ht=
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