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Subject: Re: [geda-user] is geda dead yet?
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:49:24 +0100
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On 10 Oct 2023, at 13:06, karl AT aspodata DOT se [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> Kicad's use of that format is faulty, in this I agree with Tibor Palinkas:
> http://repo.hu/cgi-bin/pool.cgi?project=pcb-rnd&cmd=show&node=kicad_fmt_fun

If I understand Tibor’s opinion correctly it is not the format that is faulty, but rather that KiCADs parser makes assumptions based on the expected output of its writer.

> Good for you.

Indeed. :)

> For me, kicad fails due to
> . inferiour hierarchical support

In what way?

> . no copy and paste between running programs
> . difficult to run multiple instances of the same program

You can only have one instance of the project manager running, but you can open up multiple copies of the individual programs and copy-paste between them, which is fair comparison to geda given the latter’s lack of a project manager to start with.

> at least up to v.5.1.9.


Which is nearly four years old now.  The current version is 7.0.8.

Regards,
Chris
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Chris Smith <space DOT dandy AT icloud DOT com>