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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

2014-09-08 19:57 GMT+02:00 jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Le 08/09/2014 19:10, Lorenzo Marcantonio a écrit :
>> I don't know why but stuff in the plot dialog in pcbnew got broken. For
>> example the DXF line/stroke/fill option is grayed but still takes the
>> previous value (should be enabled since last time I worked on it DXF
>> handled all the modes).
>>
>> Any reason for that?
>
> AFAIK, plot mode in DXF format was selectable some time ago, but did not
> have any effect (DXF format only creates outlines, regardless this option).
> Am I wrong ?
>
> Well, from my point of view, line/stroke/fill option is now (and since a
> long time) a useless option which should be removed. It was useful a
> *very* long time ago for guys who used a HPGL plotter to print/plot a board.

IMO that is not a reason to remove the line/stroke/fill option from
the HPGL plotter, if it works as is.