Le 18/01/2016 19:59, jp charras a écrit : > Le 18/01/2016 19:28, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : > > << snipped >> > >>> If you want to enhance the .pro file, add also in this file the path of >>> the saved gerber and drill files (Eeschema already save the path of plot >>> files). >> >> Makes sense to save these at the project level. >> >>> >>> It could be worth to know this path when running Gerbview from Kicad. >>> The path and all other plot prms is already saved in the .kicad_pcb >>> file, but this is not a very good idea (at least for some of them). >>> The right place is the .pro file, not the board file, because these >>> parameters can be used outside Pcbnew. >> >> It's probably too late to move these settings from the board file. I >> don't want to break the board file format to change this. Moving >> forward, I would prefer that project related settings be saved in the >> .pro file rather than the board and/or schematic file. I've never been >> fond of the fact that my board file changes when I change the plot >> settings or the change layer visibility because I use a VCS for version >> control. > > I am not sure it is too late. > Moving some of these settings breaks anything.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^breaks nothing. (sorry) > > 1- They can be saved both in board file and .pro file > or: > 2 - They can be just missing in board file and saved only in .pro file > (but obviously, the code to read (skip?) these parameters in board files > should not be removed) > > New .pro files can be read by old versions (new parameters are just > ignored, they use the old .ini file format) > > Some parameters must be saved in board file because they are part of the > design (vias are tented or not tented, or the plot origin). > > Most of them should be moved to the .pro (options like "use Protel > extension", "list of layers to plot", or the latest file format : PDF, > Gerber ... used for instance) > > Removing them from the board files does not break anything. > Just if an user loads the board file with an old Pcbnew version, he will > reselect these options. > And most of time they need to be reselected, to plot a doc in PS or PDF > format and then create fab Gerber/Drill files. > > -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
