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[Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>]

On 06.06.2014 07:57, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 01:15:28AM +0200, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
> > I can't agree here. One of the main reasons why we did the P&S router was
> > lack of quality interactive router *integrated* in Kicad. We'd like to
> > achieve the same with STEP support.
>
> I would have no problem with an external program; I personally prefer
> the unix 'lot of small programs' philosophy. I'd actually like to have
> all the postprocessors (plot, drill, reports and so on) as separate
> programs.

Lorenzo,

I'm not against unix philosophy. I'm against making core Kicad features 
rely *exclusively* on command line tools.

Having an additional command line PCB plotter/reporter is great for 
advanced users, but don't expect someone who freshly installed Kicad to 
be productive with such tools. Most of new people get stuck even with 
setting env variables...

Cheers,
Tom