On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Andrew Poelstra <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 09:18:01PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: >> >> > But when each parameter in the file has a name, than file size may >> > become really large, e.g. for files generated with the topological >> > router, with lot of arcs. >> >> Compression. Either gzip the text file, or use an alternate binary >> file (smaller *and* faster). >> > > Between the two of those, I think compression is the better option. > That way there's nothing to keep in sync, external tools and scripts > simply need to stick a gzip filter on each end, and it's fast. > > But I think it should be optional, since if we zip the .pcb files, > we no longer have simple diffs, which to a lot of people would be > more important than small files.
Did you know? I can name a few modern formats that are .zip and have no problems. examples: Office 2010 .docx/xlsx/etc OpenOffice files Android apk Java .jar A number of closed-source windows games etc. wahh wahh, i cant zip shit wahhhh wahh,, make it a clickable options in preferences and those who "diff" their PCB designs are welcome to keep them uncompressed > > > Andrew > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
