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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, the Eagle plugin has been cut lose like a young bird out of the nest, knowing that it
cannot fly like an adult.
Some todo items are listed in the top of the source file.



To try it, simply chose the correct file filter by Eagle

"Eagle printed circuit board files (*.brd)"

When you get the file open dialog in PCBNEW.

The level of difficulty to fix what remains to be done for PLUGIN::Load() is probably
pretty light.

I do not have intentions of writing the PLUGIN::Save() function.


I am thinking seriously about supporting the PLUGIN::Footprint*() functions which would
make it possible to use the Eagle footprints in situ, but am not in a hurry for that.  To
route to proper PLUGIN for PLUGIN::Footprint*() functions, we will need to add "library
table" support which would introduce a logical library name and a plugin type, similar to
how it is being done in the SWEET library.


You may not hear from me for awhile now.  I have about 5 more hours to spend on
EAGLE_PLUGIN::Load(), beyond that the EAGLE_PLUGIN work will be done much more slowly.


Dick