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mhx AT iae DOT nl wrote:
> As Guile and Python both are interpreters, I assumed gEDA would
> still be completely configurable by the user.

I think they are and will continue to be, although the language changed.


> > TL;DR:
> > Use lepton-eda if you like scheme and enjoy hacking guile scripts to
> > adopt the suite to your special needs.
> > Stay with geda if you are more into python and would like to benefit
> > from the recent improvements of the gschem GUI.
> 
> Here you seem to be saying that hacking Python scripts is impossible.

I actually understood what he wrote to mean the opposite.


By the way, since Kai-Martin mentioned KiCad - it uses Python too,
and IMO that alone supports the gEDA move.

Yes, monoculture is bad, and Python has issues too, but interoperability
is important and personally I prefer Python over scheme/guile any day.


//Peter