Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-18 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
DJ Delorie wrote: >> Is the above the exact syntax ? > > PCB follows the GNU coding standards, (.. snip ..) > The only exception, usually, is comments Is this also true for the c portion of gschem, gnetlist, gerbvierw, etc. ? ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak, Email: k...@familieknaak.d

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-18 Thread Jared Casper
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 11:46 AM, DJ Delorie wrote: >> I assume there are PCB devs that prefer the gnu style? > > 1. I prefer GNU style.  Emacs automatically does this style when >   coding, too. > Good enough. Note that Emacs automatically does whatever style you tell it to, including the linux

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-18 Thread DJ Delorie
> I assume there are PCB devs that prefer the gnu style? 1. I prefer GNU style. Emacs automatically does this style when coding, too. 2. GNU style seems to be popular elsewhere too, which reduces the learning curve for many new developers 3. Historically, that's what we've used. __

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-18 Thread Jared Casper
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 4:18 AM, Peter Clifton wrote: > Just for the record, I don't like PCB's code formatting style myself > either ;) > I assume there are PCB devs that prefer the gnu style? Or is it only enforced to be consistent with all the legacy code? Jared ___

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-18 Thread DJ Delorie
> Can the style conventions be found anywhere in a halfway comprehensive > written form? http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/ ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-18 Thread DJ Delorie
> Is the above the exact syntax ? PCB follows the GNU coding standards, Run the source through "indent" and it should come out correct. The only exception, usually, is comments (since we build docs from them) and table-formatted structure data, since GNU style creates much more whitespace than w

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-18 Thread Bob Paddock
> Can the style conventions be found anywhere in a halfway comprehensive > written form? http://astyle.sourceforge.net/ Better would be to write a AStyle configuration file, that matches the standard style of the code, that could then be applied to the code so all of it is completely self-consist

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-18 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Peter Clifton wrote: > PCB mostly has a consistent style, and we won't apply patches which > don't follow that. > > Two space indents, > > if (test) > { > statements (like, this); > } > else > { > even_if_they_ARE_horrid (); > } Can the style conventions be found anywhere in a halfway comprehen

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-18 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sun, 2011-09-18 at 01:25 -0700, Jared Casper wrote: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Bert Timmerman > wrote: > >> PCB mostly has a consistent style, and we won't apply patches > >> which don't follow that. > > This is the next patch on my todo list. > > > > Is the above the exact syntax ? > >

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-18 Thread Jared Casper
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Bert Timmerman wrote: >> PCB mostly has a consistent style, and we won't apply patches >> which don't follow that. > This is the next patch on my todo list. > > Is the above the exact syntax ? > No worries, I changed the style in the first place (when a good chunk

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-18 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi all, > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Peter Clifton > Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 12:16 AM > To: geda-user@moria.seul.org > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin &g

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-17 Thread Peter Clifton
On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 11:58 -0700, Jared Casper wrote: > -- extensive style changes for my own sanity. There was inconsistent > style throughout (like all of pcb's code), so I chose the one I > personally like best (linux kernel style with indent of 4 instead of > 8). :) PCB mostly has a consiste

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-16 Thread Jared Casper
Sun, 6/12/11, Josh Jordan wrote: > >      From: Josh Jordan >      Subject: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin >      To: geda-user@moria.seul.org >      Date: Sunday, June 12, 2011, 12:14 PM > >        I made a dsn export/import plugin a few years back that I am trying >    to &

Re: gEDA-user: help request: gnetlist not reading scm files

2011-06-16 Thread Peter Brett
Ethan Swint writes: > On 06/14/2011 05:27 PM, Stefan Salewski wrote: >> Guess: try bom2 as advertised from >> gnetlist -g help >> >> If that does not help, then we have to wait for a reply from smart >> people. I have no idea about the meaning of the error messages... > Doh! caPitaliZation matte

Re: gEDA-user: help request: gnetlist not reading scm files

2011-06-14 Thread Ethan Swint
On 06/14/2011 05:27 PM, Stefan Salewski wrote: On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 17:20 -0400, Ethan Swint wrote: For some reason, when I call gnetlist, e.g. gnetlist -g BOM2 asymmetric_3phs.sch -o bom.txt it encounters an error: Failed to read BOM2 scm file [/usr/share/gEDA/scheme/gnet-BOM2.scm] Backtrac

Re: gEDA-user: help request: gnetlist not reading scm files

2011-06-14 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 17:20 -0400, Ethan Swint wrote: > For some reason, when I call gnetlist, e.g. > > gnetlist -g BOM2 asymmetric_3phs.sch -o bom.txt > > it encounters an error: > > Failed to read BOM2 scm file [/usr/share/gEDA/scheme/gnet-BOM2.scm] > Backtrace: > In current input: > 1: 0*

gEDA-user: help request: gnetlist not reading scm files

2011-06-14 Thread Ethan Swint
For some reason, when I call gnetlist, e.g. gnetlist -g BOM2 asymmetric_3phs.sch -o bom.txt it encounters an error: Failed to read BOM2 scm file [/usr/share/gEDA/scheme/gnet-BOM2.scm] Backtrace: In current input: 1: 0* (BOM2 "output.net") :1:1: In expression (BOM2 "output.net"): :1:1: Unbou

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-06-12 Thread Josh Jordan
-user: help with pcb dsn plugin To: geda-user@moria.seul.org Date: Sunday, June 12, 2011, 12:14 PM I made a dsn export/import plugin a few years back that I am trying to merge into latest git pcb version. It works to export and the dsn can be routed with

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-06-12 Thread DJ Delorie
> it lists a "LoaddsnFrom" in the list of actions.  It says "Unknown > Action" when I try to use LoaddsnFrom or ActionLoadDsnFrom, or > LoadDsnFrom.  Is there a way to list what actions exist in pcb? pcb --show-actions ___ geda-user mailing list geda-

gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-06-12 Thread Josh Jordan
I made a dsn export/import plugin a few years back that I am trying to merge into latest git pcb version. It works to export and the dsn can be routed with freerouting.net, and the import function appears in the menu, but the import action does not work. The function name is

Re: gEDA-user: Help with board layout

2011-02-28 Thread Anthony Blake
Hi Oliver, I'm the developer of PCB's toporouter[1]. I have a few questions, if you don't mind: - Do you mind curvilinear wiring? - How many power supplies? - How much are you paying for the job? - Have the schematics already been captured in gschem? - Have footprints for components already been

gEDA-user: Help with board layout

2011-02-28 Thread Oliver King-Smith
I hope this is not considered list abuse, but I am looking for someone to layout a board in geda's PCB. The board consists of approximately 100 ICs and associated components. There is a lot of repetition on the board, and most of the ICs are single opamps, so the board is not as big

Re: gEDA-user: Help I can move by REFDES

2011-02-20 Thread Oliver King-Smith
-user: Help I can move by REFDES On 02/19/2011 09:41 PM, Oliver King-Smith wrote: >I have managed to get my refdes for one component about 7" away from >the component. When I select the refdes I can seem to move it. How do >I get it back to my

Re: gEDA-user: Help I can move by REFDES

2011-02-19 Thread Ethan Swint
On 02/19/2011 09:51 PM, Ethan Swint wrote: On 02/19/2011 09:41 PM, Oliver King-Smith wrote: I have managed to get my refdes for one component about 7" away from the component. When I select the refdes I can seem to move it. How do I get it back to my poor component? Oliver To

Re: gEDA-user: Help I can move by REFDES

2011-02-19 Thread Ethan Swint
On 02/19/2011 09:41 PM, Oliver King-Smith wrote: I have managed to get my refdes for one component about 7" away from the component. When I select the refdes I can seem to move it. How do I get it back to my poor component? Oliver To move a refdes in the GUI, 1) make sure that i

gEDA-user: Help I can move by REFDES

2011-02-19 Thread Oliver King-Smith
I have managed to get my refdes for one component about 7" away from the component. When I select the refdes I can seem to move it. How do I get it back to my poor component? Oliver ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http:

Re: gEDA-user: help with gwave svn-REV2444

2010-10-16 Thread Dan White
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Stefan Salewski wrote: > On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 12:19 +0100, sibu xolo wrote: >> I have been trying to compile the program gwave (from svn ) > > gwave is one of the most demanding tools of geda suite, for building > from sources. In my opinion, if your goal is to c

Re: gEDA-user: help with gwave svn-REV2444

2010-08-14 Thread sibu xolo
On Friday 13 August 2010 18:14:17 Stefan Salewski wrote: > You may look at a few (old) bug reports of gentoo bug database: > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=ALL+gwave > > This one was one very demanding: > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293397 yes thanks I also came

Re: gEDA-user: help with gwave svn-REV2444

2010-08-13 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 12:19 +0100, sibu xolo wrote: > Dear All, > > I have been trying to compile the program gwave (from svn ) gwave is one of the most demanding tools of geda suite, for building from sources. In my opinion, if your goal is to compile latest versions from sources, then some kno

Re: gEDA-user: help with gwave svn-REV2444

2010-08-13 Thread kai-martin knaak
sibu xolo wrote: > `sgtk_wrap_gtkobj' > wavelist.o: In function `get_gwave_tooltips': > $SOURCES/gwave/trunk/src/wavelist.c:417: undefined reference to > `sgtk_get_gtkobj' > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make[4]: *** [gwave] Error 1 > make[4]: Leaving directory `$SOURCES/gwave/trunk/src' >

gEDA-user: help with gwave svn-REV2444

2010-08-13 Thread sibu xolo
Dear All, I have been trying to compile the program gwave (from svn ) on a machine with the following features:- -CPU:- AMD64-2cores -OS-linux (cblfs) kernel-2.6.34, gcc-4.4.2, kde-4.4.5 -gtk:- gtk-2.16.1, guile-gnome-platform-2.16.1 and other dependencies -gnucap:curent 2009-stu

Re: gEDA-user: help with compiling gedagaf-1.6.1, gcc4.4.2, gtk-2.18.9

2010-08-11 Thread sibu xolo
On Tuesday 10 August 2010 21:14:57 Peter TB Brett wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:15:33 +0100, sibu xolo wrote: > > Making all in src > > make[3]: Entering directory `$SOURCES/geda-gaf-1.6.1/libgeda/src' > > /bin/sh ../../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=compile g++ -m64 -fPIC - > > It looks li

Re: gEDA-user: help with compiling gedagaf-1.6.1, gcc4.4.2, gtk-2.18.9

2010-08-10 Thread Peter TB Brett
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:15:33 +0100, sibu xolo wrote: > Making all in src > make[3]: Entering directory `$SOURCES/geda-gaf-1.6.1/libgeda/src' > /bin/sh ../../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=compile g++ -m64 -fPIC - It looks like you're compiling with g++. This doesn't seem right to me... Pet

gEDA-user: help with compiling gedagaf-1.6.1, gcc4.4.2, gtk-2.18.9

2010-08-10 Thread sibu xolo
Dear gEDA-users, I am new to this list. I searched the gEDA mailing lists and archives and I hope I am on the correct list -(the dev list is by invitation only) If I am not I would be grateful for guidance. ---Now I am trying to compile gEDAgaf on a computer with the following features:

Re: gEDA-user: help needed regarding PCB componet

2010-04-21 Thread David Garcia Campos
g] On Behalf Of Kovacs Levente [leventel...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:08 AM To: geda-u...@seul.org Subject: Re: gEDA-user: help needed regarding PCB componet On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:54:47 -0400 David Garcia Campos wrote: > Hi everyone, > I am new to designing PCB boards and

Re: gEDA-user: help needed regarding PCB componet

2010-04-21 Thread Kovacs Levente
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:54:47 -0400 David Garcia Campos wrote: > Hi everyone, > I am new to designing PCB boards and have spent quite a lot time > today trying to find out which msp4305xxx component is the right one > from the libraries included in the PCB application. Attached is the > mechanica

Re: gEDA-user: help needed regarding PCB componet

2010-04-20 Thread John Luciani
My SQFP-50P-1480L1-1480L2-80N looks like it could work (see http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/pcb-footprint-list.html). Double-check the dimensions against your component and process specs. (* jcl *) -- Closed Tools + Open Files != Open Hardware You can't create open hardware with closed EDA too

gEDA-user: help needed regarding PCB componet

2010-04-20 Thread David Garcia Campos
Hi everyone, I am new to designing PCB boards and have spent quite a lot time today trying to find out which msp4305xxx component is the right one from the libraries included in the PCB application. Attached is the mechanical data sheet the microchip. In the PCB libraries there is more than one

Re: gEDA-user: Help ordering pcb

2008-08-02 Thread Dave McGuire
On Aug 1, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Dan McMahill wrote: > But don't do that if you plan on wave soldering your board or you'll > solder your mounting holes shut. But if this is for a home board > it is > extremely unlikely that you have a wave solder system. Yeah, I know > someone, perhaps Mr. McGuire,

Re: gEDA-user: Help ordering pcb

2008-08-01 Thread Dan McMahill
DJ Delorie wrote: >> Do I need the unplated-drill.cnc file? > > If you have unplated holes (i.e. mounting holes), they'll be in there > and NOT in the plated-drill file. However, most fabs charge extra for > unplated holes, if they accept them at all. Most of us change them to > plated holes so

Re: gEDA-user: Help ordering pcb

2008-08-01 Thread DJ Delorie
> Do I need the unplated-drill.cnc file? If you have unplated holes (i.e. mounting holes), they'll be in there and NOT in the plated-drill file. However, most fabs charge extra for unplated holes, if they accept them at all. Most of us change them to plated holes so it's cheaper to have the boa

Re: gEDA-user: Help ordering pcb

2008-08-01 Thread joeft
You probably already have them. It used to be the case that the aperture list was a separate file, but PCB includes the aperture list at the top of each gerber file. Look at the file, once you get past some header info, about 10 lines in and you should see some lines that look like this: %AD

Re: gEDA-user: Help ordering pcb

2008-08-01 Thread Dave N6NZ
Robert Butts wrote: > One of the pcb websites claims one common gerber mistake is a missing > aperture list. What is this and does PCB create it? Short answer: Don't worry, you are good to go. History lesson: In the old days of RS-274D the gerber files contained X,Y, Lamp on/off/flash, and sele

Re: gEDA-user: Help ordering pcb

2008-08-01 Thread phil
> One of the pcb websites claims one common gerber mistake is a missing > aperture list. What is this and does PCB create it? Robert, This may be obsolete information since most PCB-makers don't use apertures any more afaik. These would have been little windows used to shoot light through to ex

Re: gEDA-user: Help ordering pcb

2008-08-01 Thread Robert Butts
One of the pcb websites claims one common gerber mistake is a missing aperture list. What is this and does PCB create it? On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Robert Butts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do I need the unplated-drill.cnc file? > > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 9:49 AM, DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PRO

Re: gEDA-user: Help ordering pcb

2008-08-01 Thread Robert Butts
Do I need the unplated-drill.cnc file? On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 9:49 AM, DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What is the stencil layer? A pcb fab company wants me to identify the > top > > stencil, bottom stencil and outline layer. Which gerber files are these? > > Stencil is probably the

Re: gEDA-user: Help ordering pcb

2008-08-01 Thread DJ Delorie
> What is the stencil layer? A pcb fab company wants me to identify the top > stencil, bottom stencil and outline layer. Which gerber files are these? Stencil is probably the silkscreen layer, assuming you can figure out the other ones are copper and solder mask. For outline, if you don't have

Re: gEDA-user: Help ordering pcb

2008-08-01 Thread Robert Butts
What is the stencil layer? A pcb fab company wants me to identify the top stencil, bottm stencil and outline layer. Which gerber files are these? On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 3:40 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >What are the .fab.gbr, front.gbr and frontpaste.gbr files? > > fab is a fabrication

Re: gEDA-user: Help ordering pcb

2008-07-31 Thread phil
>What are the .fab.gbr, front.gbr and frontpaste.gbr files? fab is a fabrication drawing outlining the numbers of holes and sizes and general info. You should send it. gbr. is the artwork for each layer. You should have: top_copper.gbr bottom_copper.gbr top_silk.gbr plated-holes.cnc for a si

Re: gEDA-user: Help ordering pcb

2008-07-31 Thread DJ Delorie
> I'm ordering a pcb from APCircuits. They want me to use their dropdown list > to define each file from the export gerber that PCB spat out. What are the > .fab.gbr, front.gbr and frontpaste.gbr files? Should I include the .net > and .pcb files? In pcb, use the File->Export->Gerber option to

gEDA-user: Help ordering pcb

2008-07-31 Thread Robert Butts
I'm ordering a pcb from APCircuits. They want me to use their dropdown list to define each file from the export gerber that PCB spat out. What are the .fab.gbr, front.gbr and frontpaste.gbr files? Should I include the .net and .pcb files? Thanks ___

Re: gEDA-user: Help installing pcb on Fedora 9 -- no configure ??

2008-07-20 Thread DJ Delorie
If you're installing out of CVS, run ./autogen.sh That runs all the auto* programs you need to generate all the configury. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

gEDA-user: Help installing pcb on Fedora 9 -- no configure ??

2008-07-20 Thread Craig Niederberger
Hi gurus, I'm trying to install pcb on Fedora 9, but can't find the configure file, and can't seem to build it. Any help would be massively appreciated. Craig $ cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/pcb login $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/pcb co -P pcb $ cd pcb $ ls acincl

Re: gEDA-user: Help

2008-06-17 Thread DJ Delorie
> Hi DJ, > > Please excuse me sending this directly to you. For some > strange reason keeps bouncing for some > adminastrative reason. > > I inadvertently unlocked a component (my PCB outline with grounded > mounting holes) and moved it when zoomed in. Doing that moved the > traces causi

Re: gEDA-user: Help

2007-05-15 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 21:09 -0400, Vincent Onelli wrote: > I start using gschem part of geda 20050313 version on Xandros os. It > constantly when you list expect close the gschem leaving me with the > unsaved portion to be reentered again, I know that this is an older > version, but this version is

gEDA-user: Help

2007-05-15 Thread Vincent Onelli
I start using gschem part of geda 20050313 version on Xandros os. It constantly when you list expect close the gschem leaving me with the unsaved portion to be reentered again, I know that this is an older version, but this version is the only version available from Xandros network. Is there any

Re: gEDA-user: Help - please

2007-02-24 Thread Harold D. Skank
Stuart, That was pretty much my starting point, with the same results. Thanks for the information though, as in thinking about the problem, I wasn't certain just what the various slot attributes were contributing, given that there were no common pins among the *.sym elements. Harold Skank O

Re: gEDA-user: Help - please

2007-02-24 Thread Stuart Brorson
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007, Harold D. Skank wrote: In order to make the information more readable, I have broken the symbols into slots, 4 in the smaller case and 6 in the larger case. Since none of the slots within a symbol share any common pins, I have deleted the slotdef attribute from the symbols.

Re: gEDA-user: Help - please

2007-02-24 Thread John Griessen
Harold D. Skank wrote: People, I need some help here. I'm trying to work with _LARGE_ symbols and footprints.. . . . Help would be greatly appreciated. This is an important project and further delays would cause serious problems. Steve Meier works with large FPGA symbols and probably has a

Re: gEDA-user: Help - please

2007-02-24 Thread Stuart Brorson
no, I'm pretty certain (95%) that it is not gsch2pcb causing the problem. It is almost certainly gnetlist. gnetlist -g PCB -o myfile.net mysch1.sch mysch2.sch ... Fair enough. In the backend gnet-PCB.scm, this fcn: (define (PCB:display-connections nets) (apply format #f "~:@{~A-~A ~

Re: gEDA-user: Help - please

2007-02-24 Thread Ales Hvezda
Harold, >> People, >> >> I need some help here. I'm trying to work with _LARGE_ symbols and >> footprints. In the smaller case, over 1100 pins and in the larger case [snip] > >Can you send me a test case that I can run? It is quite possible that As I responded yesterday: http://archives.seu

Re: gEDA-user: Help - please

2007-02-24 Thread Dan McMahill
Stuart Brorson wrote: It's just a blind shot in the dark, but here's a possibility. I took two minutes to look through the gsch2pcb.c code, which lives in utils/src. There are a number of places where a 1024 byte character buffer is created at the beginning of a function, like this: add_elem

Re: gEDA-user: Help - please

2007-02-24 Thread Dan McMahill
Harold D. Skank wrote: People, I need some help here. I'm trying to work with _LARGE_ symbols and footprints. In the smaller case, over 1100 pins and in the larger case over 1700 pins. In order to make the information more readable, I have broken the symbols into slots, 4 in the smaller case

Re: gEDA-user: Help - please

2007-02-24 Thread Stuart Brorson
Harold, To run gsch2pcb I have created a project1 file in which I can tell the system which schematic pages to process (1 symbol slot per page). If I process only 1 or 2 pages, i.e. 1 or 2 slots, the system functions correctly and I can enter PCB and pull up the footprint and view the associate

gEDA-user: Help - please

2007-02-24 Thread Harold D. Skank
People, I need some help here. I'm trying to work with _LARGE_ symbols and footprints. In the smaller case, over 1100 pins and in the larger case over 1700 pins. In order to make the information more readable, I have broken the symbols into slots, 4 in the smaller case and 6 in the larger case.

RE: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-23 Thread Adrian Nania
mailing list Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Help request On Friday 16 June 2006 16:21, Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote: > What is it with Ubuntu or Kubuntu that makes you _not_ use Debian > directly? I use Debian directly, but I think I can explain it... First, take a look at what Debian offers... The

Re: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-23 Thread al davis
On Friday 16 June 2006 16:21, Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote: > What is it with Ubuntu or Kubuntu that makes you _not_ use > Debian directly? I use Debian directly, but I think I can explain it... First, take a look at what Debian offers... There are 3 variants: "stable", "testing" and "unstable".

RE: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-21 Thread Adrian Nania
1, 2006 10:14 AM To: gEDA user mailing list Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Help request Stuart Brorson wrote: > FC and SuSE come with all required > software already on the disks (although you do need to read the gEDA > FAQ to find out that some of the required packages aren't installed by

Re: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-21 Thread kmk
Stuart Brorson wrote: > FC and SuSE come with all required > software already on the disks (although you do need to read the gEDA > FAQ to find out that some of the required packages aren't installed by > default). If I read Al correctly, this is exactly like the situation with default Ubuntu. No

Re: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-21 Thread Stuart Brorson
> > On Thursday 15 June 2006 07:17, Stuart Brorson wrote: > > 1. =A0I don't recommend using Ubuntu to build software. =A0Ubuntu > > doesn't come with the usual build tools (gcc, header files > > and all that) installed. =A0That's why you had all the > > dependecies to deal with. > > > > Ubuntu is

Re: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-21 Thread John Sheahan
al davis wrote: 1. I don't recommend using Ubuntu to build software. Ubuntu doesn't come with the usual build tools (gcc, header files and all that) installed. That's why you had all the dependecies to deal with. Ubuntu is good for e-mail and text editing, but not at all good for the task you

Re: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-21 Thread Evan Lavelle
al davis wrote: Fedora works. I can see how some people like it best. There are some issues that make it not my choice. It has fewer free packages available than Debian or Ubuntu, but most commercial software supports Fedora first. This is the best choice if you want to run commercial sof

Re: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-21 Thread al davis
On Friday 16 June 2006 02:07, Adrian Nania wrote: > I do realize the smart PATH work around from /root/.bashrc is > just useless. I have seven new lines at the end of .bashrc: > > #aditional required variables > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/home/work/programs/gEDA/lib > PATH=$PATH:/home/work/p

Re: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-21 Thread al davis
On Friday 16 June 2006 02:07, Adrian Nania wrote: > First, thanks you all for your response. Looks like I am the > unlucky one or something is fishy with Ubuntu. I have checked > as per Stuart recommendation the config.h.in file and it is > there, but I have no clue if what is inside is right or no

Re: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-20 Thread al davis
On Thursday 15 June 2006 07:17, Stuart Brorson wrote: > 1.  I don't recommend using Ubuntu to build software.  Ubuntu > doesn't come with the usual build tools (gcc, header files > and all that) installed.  That's why you had all the > dependecies to deal with. > > Ubuntu is good for e-mail and tex

Re: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-16 Thread Svenn Are Bjerkem
On Friday 16 June 2006 20:50, David Carr wrote: > Let me know what happens at this point.  If something fails, one of a few > things could be wrong.  Firstly, you could have installed a broken version > of a library or tool.  For example I noticed that it looks like you > installed readline using t

Re: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-16 Thread Svenn Are Bjerkem
On Thursday 15 June 2006 18:51, Phil Taylor wrote: > Adrian, > > David is right. I have built a fair amount of software with Ubuntu and > it gives you an experience not unlike debian. I've had pretty good luck > with it as a distro, and the IRC support channel is very active. What is it with Ubu

RE: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-16 Thread David Carr
a random > result and not a policy with some hidden rationale. > > Please help me to figure out how to make a complete installation from CVS > (I suspect this is the place where I hope to find any new patch and the > latest and greatest version). And also, I need help to get rid of th

RE: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-15 Thread Adrian Nania
edirect my request for a painless one-click online update button inside of gEDA? With many thanks, Adrian Nania -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Phil Taylor Sent: Thu 6/15/2006 9:51 AM To: gEDA user mailing list Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Help request Adrian, David

Re: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-15 Thread Phil Taylor
Adrian, David is right. I have built a fair amount of software with Ubuntu and it gives you an experience not unlike debian. I've had pretty good luck with it as a distro, and the IRC support channel is very active. Phil David Carr wrote: Stuart, I'd like to contend your point that Ubu

Re: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-15 Thread David Carr
Stuart, I'd like to contend your point that Ubuntu is bad for building software. In fact I'd say its just as good as every other linux distribution, you just need a few packages that are not installed by default. For best results using Ubuntu, install the following packages using synaptic

Re: gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-15 Thread Stuart Brorson
Hi -- 1. I don't recommend using Ubuntu to build software. Ubuntu doesn't come with the usual build tools (gcc, header files and all that) installed. That's why you had all the dependecies to deal with. Ubuntu is good for e-mail and text editing, but not at all good for the task you are attemp

gEDA-user: Help request

2006-06-14 Thread Adrian Nania
Hi all, I am trying to build gEDA from CVS. I do have really hard time to travel thru the linux flavors jungle, I have installed five linux versions simultaneously only to be able to find one useful for gEDA. Only Ubuntu was friendly enough for me, still I could not overcome a few problems. I a