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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/11/2012 4:02 AM, Brian Sidebotham wrote:
> Sorry for top-posting! Just wanted to say well done Wayne! Again,
> excellent work that is so beneficial to the project! And don't think
> your UI changes have gone unnoticed, KiCad is a lot more together
> since you started work on the UI tidy up.
> 
> Thanks for your continued efforts! :D
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Brian.

Thanks.  It's nice when you efforts get recognized.  KiCad development
is starting to pick up some momentum which is great for both the users
and the developers.

Cheers,

Wayne

> 
> On 7 April 2012 19:09, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It took long than I anticipated (doesn't always?) but I just committed
>> the code to allow saving board files to the new s-expression based file
>> format.  I would like as many folks as possible to save their favorite
>> board file using File->Save As to the new format and take a look at the
>> result.  My goal is to get the final file format nailed down as quickly
>> as possible.  There are few caveats:
>>
>> * I still have to convert angles to degrees from the current tenths of
>> degrees so please ignore the fact that 270° is saved as 2700°.  This fix
>> is coming soon.
>>
>> * The lead developers have decided to drop support for the old segment
>> filled zones (SEGZONES) which have not been used in quite some time.  I
>> will be adding a dialog warning the user that they will need to refill
>> their zones using the current polygon filling.  I doubt this will effect
>> very many users but I could be wrong.
>>
>> * I rearranged the object ordering slightly compared to the current file
>> format.  I moved the graphic items (items with no net connection) before
>> the modules.  This way all of the net connectable objects (modules,
>> traces, zones, etc.) will be grouped together.
>>
>> Please take some time to look over the new format.  If you find a token
>> (key word) that is not clear, let me know so we can choose names that
>> are as human readable as possible.  Please keep in mind that the file
>> size is going to increase dramatically over the current format so try to
>> keep names as brief as possible while still maintaining readability.
>> Also, if you find any indentation or other formatting errors, let me
>> know so I can fix it.  I will be working on reading the new file format
>> over the next few days (weeks?) so I would like to wrap up the file
>> format definition in a reasonable amount of time.  Thanks in advance for
>> you help.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>>
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