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From: Andrew Poelstra <asp11 AT sfu DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb_(f)printf
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On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 12:13:52AM +0100, Ed Simmons wrote:
> 
> Sorry for the noise, I've figured it out. Dividing from the base
> unit and printing an integer works fine for my purposes.
> 
>    pcb_fprintf(fp, "3  : 230: 1: 3: 0:F 1X %iY %iA %iR %s %s %s\n",
>            x/10000 , y/10000 , theta * 10, name, value, FRONT
> (element) == 1 ? "top" : "bot");
>

Please don't use base units -- %i won't work on 64-bit systems, and
isn't guaranteed to work on any systems in the future. Instead use
the %mn specifier to output coordinates as nanometers. (Then you can
use /10000 as you have.)
 
> Thanks for your help, now I also realise there was no problem with
> mixed units, I was rolling over variables and other wonderful
> things.
>
 

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