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[Milan Horák <konference@...>]

Hallo,

Vesa Solonen napsal(a):
> All old schematics use that style and I've gotten used to it, but I'm
> ready to adapt to non-circled version too. The legacy of transistors being
> the most valuable parts in a system may be the reason for emphasis rings
> too. You know, some (tens of) years ago they were priced at months salary
> or so...

If I could choose I'd like to use the one with circle. They are just 
nicer for me.

> Btw, do you have something to say about SVG? I'm thinking very basic
> support for converter supporting only basic shapes and rotation
> transformation. Basic shapes (9) and coordinate system (7)
> http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/ <http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/>
>
> If there is ever going to be 'complete' IEC-617 symbol library we are
> going to need a good symbol primitive library and good manipulation toos.
> And thats where readily available SVG-tools will get handy. Good examples
> are switches and relays, which most have two primitives in various
> configurations and using library editor gets tedious soon. Higher level
> format would also be more future proof if new definitions are going to be
> added some day.

Not a professional but IMO conversion could be pretty easy.

Milan

P.S. I've read your document because I'm working on IEC 617 coresponding 
library. Want to make default Kicad library nice and right.

> -Vesa