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Re: [PATCH] Use specific gerber extensions for inner Cu layers and the Edge_Cuts layer in preference to the default .gbr .

To: Marco Hess <marco.hess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Mitch Davis <mjd+launchpad.net@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:03:31 +1000
Cc: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Hi Marco,

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Marco Hess <marco.hess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On this item, I noted that in dialog_plot_base.cpp the checkbox for using
> these extensions are referred to as 'Protel'. Should we change that to
> 'Altium' to stay with the times?

I think the name Protel is there to indicate the historical origin,
rather than be the name of a current package.  (Do factories still use
Gerber plotters?  Do factories still use Excellon drill machines?)

Mitch.

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Re: [PATCH] Use specific gerber extensions for inner Cu layers and the Edge_Cuts layer in preference to the default .gbr .
From: Lorenzo Marcantonio, 2015-06-25

References

[PATCH] Use specific gerber extensions for inner Cu layers and the Edge_Cuts layer in preference to the default .gbr .
From: Marco Hess, 2015-06-21
Re: [PATCH] Use specific gerber extensions for inner Cu layers and the Edge_Cuts layer in preference to the default .gbr .
From: Wayne Stambaugh, 2015-06-24
Re: [PATCH] Use specific gerber extensions for inner Cu layers and the Edge_Cuts layer in preference to the default .gbr .
From: Marco Hess, 2015-06-25