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Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:13:52 -0500
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Subject: [geda-user] Re: [geda-help] [ANNOUNCE] geda-gaf 1.8.0 released
From: Evan Foss <evanfoss AT gmail DOT com>
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Thank you!

On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Peter TB Brett <peter AT peter-b DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>
> We are pleased to announce a new stable release of the 'gschem and Friends'
> Electronic Design Suite, part of the GPL Electronic Design Automation
> project.  The gEDA/gaf suite (this package) provides schematic capture,
> netlisting, bill of materials generation, and many other features.
>
> gEDA/gaf version 1.8.0 contains many important enhancements and bug
> fixes, and we encourage distributions to pick up the new version as soon
> as possible.
>
> Download
> ========
>
> Source code:
> ftp://ftp.geda-project.org/geda-gaf/stable/v1.8/1.8.0/geda-gaf-1.8.0.tar.gz
>
> Checksum:
> ftp://ftp.geda-project.org/geda-gaf/stable/v1.8/1.8.0/geda-gaf-1.8.0.md5sum
>
> README:
> ftp://ftp.geda-project.org/geda-gaf/stable/v1.8/1.8.0/geda-gaf-1.8.0-README.txt
>
> NEWS (release notes):
> ftp://ftp.geda-project.org/geda-gaf/stable/v1.8/1.8.0/geda-gaf-1.8.0-NEWS.txt
>
> Release Highlights
> ==================
>
> * gEDA is now compatible with Guile 2.x (recommended).
>
> * A greatly expanded Scheme API has been added to gEDA/gaf for use by
>   extension authors.  See the `geda-scheme' Info manual for more
>   details.  Existing extensions may need to be modified to load the
>   `(geda deprecated)' or `(gschem deprecated)' modules.
>
> * The `component-library-search' function for `gafrc' files now skips
>   directories without symbols, and searches for libraries recursively.
>
> * `gschem' supports keybindings with more than one modifier key.
>   Keystrokes may use extended modifiers (Super, Hyper and Meta), and key
>   bindings can be modified in any rc file or interactively using the
>   `global-set-key' function.
>
> * `gschem' now displays help files and component documentation on all
>   platforms, including Windows.
>
> * `gsch2pcb' correctly handles footprint names containing hyphens (`-').
>
> * Greatly improved error reporting in almost all tools, including
>   improved detection of syntax errors in schematic files and
>   configuration problems.
>
> Reporting bugs
> ==============
>
> If you have found a bug, please report it to
> <http://bugs.launchpad.net/geda>.


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