Re: gEDA-user: Version compatibility between gschem and PCB

2011-08-12 Thread DJ Delorie
> elements. Although new pcb versions have the Import Schematics feature > which somehow reads the gschem .sch files (does it call out to > gnetlist or other tools, or is it self-contained?). The new way is to call gnetlist to generate a meta-data "action script" that pcb runs in order to genera

Re: gEDA-user: Version compatibility between gschem and PCB

2011-08-11 Thread John Doty
On Aug 11, 2011, at 8:40 AM, John Hudak wrote: > If I upgrade to > the most recent version of PCB, will it be able to interoperate with > gschem 1.6.1.20100214? "pcb" is only one of the many layout programs gEDA can export to, along with simulators and other targets. That interface is thus

Re: gEDA-user: Version compatibility between gschem and PCB

2011-08-11 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:40:51 -0400 John Hudak wrote: > I came across an board layout file that requires a newer version of > PCB than I have installed. My version of PCB is 20091103. If I > upgrade to the most recent version of PCB, will it be able to > interoperate with gschem 1.6.1.20100214?

Re: gEDA-user: Version compatibility between gschem and PCB

2011-08-11 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:03:31 -0700 Andrew Poelstra wrote: > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:40:51AM -0400, John Hudak wrote: > >I came across an board layout file that requires a newer version > > of PCB than I have installed. My version of PCB is 20091103. If I > > upgrade to the most recent ve

Re: gEDA-user: Version compatibility between gschem and PCB

2011-08-11 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:40:51AM -0400, John Hudak wrote: >I came across an board layout file that requires a newer version of PCB >than I have installed. My version of PCB is 20091103. If I upgrade to >the most recent version of PCB, will it be able to interoperate with >gschem

gEDA-user: Version compatibility between gschem and PCB

2011-08-11 Thread John Hudak
I came across an board layout file that requires a newer version of PCB than I have installed. My version of PCB is 20091103. If I upgrade to the most recent version of PCB, will it be able to interoperate with gschem 1.6.1.20100214? Also, a clarification of terminology for me is n