On 5/5/2012 3:20 PM, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: > I was window-shopping in the eeschema color preferences and I noticed a > thing... > > First of all there is the 'Net Name' color which seems to be unused: I think > it's associated with the LAYER_NETNAM entry; the other thing is that if I set > the background to black it always says 'some items are of the same color of > the background'... and nothing is set to black! > > Looking around I saw in the .eeschema the ColorPinF entry set to 0... maybe > it's that? it seems associated to LAYER_PINFUN... another unused layer? > > What can you say to me about these... are they relics, unimplemented stuff or > just not used yet? >
Lorenzo, Layers in Eeschema are only used in a few special cases. Mainly to determine if lines are defined as wires, buses, or graphic (not connectable). I'm not sure layers are really necessary in Eeschema. I would personally rather have separate SCH_WIRE and SCH_BUS objects derived from SCH_LINE to handle the differences and do away with the layers. Given my current work load, this will be a discussion and a project for another time. So to answer your question, layers are a legacy that need to be kept until they are replaced with an improved design. If I get some time, maybe I will take a look at ColorPin and invert it to white or some other color when the background is changed to black. Wayne _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
