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[Henner Zeller <h.zeller@xxxxxxx>]

On Feb 13, 2014 12:29 AM, "jp charras" <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Le 13/02/2014 08:10, Henner Zeller a écrit :
> > Hi,
> > The documentation files in
> >
https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/tree/master/modules/footprints_doc
> >
> > Are very huge. In fact, this directory alone contributes to 502M out
> > of 580M of the whole kicad-library. Yes, almost 90% of the data
> > downloaded for the kicad-library is pixelated PostScript files. Which
> > means it takes forever to download on a slow link.
> >
> > They seem to be generated from bitmaps, which makes them so huge (and
> > pretty low quality on print; even on a low-resolution screen they are
> > already pixellated). Since they are generated from the PCB printouts
> > of KiCad, this indicates that at the time they were generated, the
> > version of printing was broken - shouldn't it always generate vector
> > graphics ?
> >
> > Since I am right now working my way through the code of KiCad on other
> > parts, I have not entered the printing realm yet - what is the
> > commandline way to generate a postscript file from a *.sch or *.brd
> > file ? That way, these things can be automated in a Makefile.
> > Does KiCad generate/export PostScript directly without going through
> > some generic wxWidgets way of printing ? If not, I could have a stab
> > at it (I usually write PostScript by hand for fun).
>
> Cleary, these PS and PDF files are not created by Pcbnew.
>
> I am thinking PS files are now useless, because Pcbnew (and eeschema)
> can generate these PDF files (Plot menu).
>
> This is a recent feature in Pcbnew, therefore the contributor could have
> created these PS files mainly to create PDF files.
>
> But now, no need to store/download these PS files.

I agree, the postscript files should not be kept in git, the PDFs are much
better for documentation purposes.

>
> --
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>
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