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[Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 07:19:18PM +0200, jean-pierre charras wrote:
> a background bitmap is more like the grid that can be shown or not, but cannot be plotted, and is not a layer.
> Layers 29, 30 and 31, not yet used in Pcbnew, should be left for something related to the board.
> A background bitmap is not a board item.

I'd propose for a 'special' kind of entities, not a layer... I agree
that should be something under the 'view controls'. Also it would need
some controls for registering it, more or less like the grid.

To be clear, it should go in the 'render' tab, not in the 'layers'
one...

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Lorenzo Marcantonio
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