Re: gEDA-user: Python: Task list ...

2011-05-27 Thread Patrick Doyle
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:33 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > > How hard is it to install Ruby on Windows, or Mac, and use it from our > ports of gEDA and PCB ? > > I think "readily available on all platforms" is just as important as > "many people know how to use it" and "it meets our technical needs". >

Re: gEDA-user: Python: Task list ...

2011-05-27 Thread Felipe De la Puente Christen
On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 12:33 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: How hard is it to install Ruby on Windows, or Mac, and use it from our ports of gEDA and PCB ? According to the following references, seems that at least one method is pretty straight forward and easy. [1]http://www.ruby-lang.org/e

Re: gEDA-user: Python: Task list ...

2011-05-27 Thread DJ Delorie
How hard is it to install Ruby on Windows, or Mac, and use it from our ports of gEDA and PCB ? I think "readily available on all platforms" is just as important as "many people know how to use it" and "it meets our technical needs". ___ geda-user mail

Re: gEDA-user: Python: Task list ...

2011-05-27 Thread DJ Delorie
> to do the second part of that. Happy for me to continue and publish? Please! ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Python: Task list ...

2011-05-27 Thread DJ Delorie
> Hmm, Python seems popular, but my Python capability is limited to: Sounds like my guile capabilities :-) > 1. Define a mapping of the .sch/.sym file format into a data structure. > 2. Implement a parser that reads a file into such a structure. I might try this for PCB->Perl just for fun. Hmm

Re: gEDA-user: Python: Task list ...

2011-05-27 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 13:33 +0900, John Doty wrote: > Hmm, Python seems popular, Eagle, Windows, Basic, Java are popular too -- if popularity is your concern. Seriously -- I am not too happy that Python is praised, but Ruby is mentioned only a few times here. Both languages are very similar. Pyth

Re: gEDA-user: Python: Task list ...

2011-05-27 Thread Adrian Pardini
On 27/05/2011, Gareth Edwards wrote: > On 27 May 2011 05:33, John Doty wrote: >> It seems to me that the first step to switching languages here is for >> somebody to: >> >> 1. Define a mapping of the .sch/.sym file format into a data structure. >> 2. Implement a parser that reads a file into such

Re: gEDA-user: Python: Task list ...

2011-05-27 Thread Gareth Edwards
On 27 May 2011 05:33, John Doty wrote: > It seems to me that the first step to switching languages here is for > somebody to: > > 1. Define a mapping of the .sch/.sym file format into a data structure. > 2. Implement a parser that reads a file into such a structure. > > I don't think this is a jo

gEDA-user: Python: Task list ...

2011-05-26 Thread John Doty
Hmm, Python seems popular, but my Python capability is limited to: 1. Import a few things 2. Invoke a few things 3. Declare the job finished A bit like: http://xkcd.com/353/ ;-) On May 27, 2011, at 6:33 AM, DJ Delorie wrote: > One vote per patch :-) It seems to me that the first step to swit