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[Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 08:10:43AM +0200, jp charras wrote:
> These files contain only minor info easy to re-enter
> (position and size of windows, colors ...), and no actual need to copy
> old files.

Color in pcbnew however takes a lot of time to set up :P:P in the past
I've seriously considered to add 'layer visibility setups', like in
zuken; they are useful when switching step in the workflow
(placement/power routing/routing/cleanup/checking).

> No sure.
> Having it in home directory is not so bad:
> When installing or creating this file we know exactly were it is.
> This is useful to edit it by hand (it is not in a hidden directory).
> This is not a config file like .kicad or .cvpcb.
> It is a default file used in all kicad projects.

Even in the .config you know exactly where it is; and it's not in the
way in the home directory. However that's a minor point really
(microchip does it worse, it fills the home with junk log files and
non-dot config files; the big price however goes to draftsight which
puts the internet configuration settings in *wherever the cwd is when
starting it*)

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Lorenzo Marcantonio
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