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[Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A few more notes:

- Grid settings hasn't been added in the GUI yet; I'll be taking that from
pcbnew so user can pick dot/line/small
- Negative items don't work in Cairo canvas yet.

On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dcode should be better now than it was an hour ago, depending on when you
> pulled.
> I'm working on DCode performance at the moment.
>
> -Jon
>
> On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Nice.
>>
>> The D-codes do indeed look funky.
>>
>> I note that the grid is drawn with lines, not with dots and it is in
>> legacy. (In pcbnew we can choose either)
>>
>> Your branch seems to be much slower than 4.0.5, when zooming i and out
>> and having the dcodes enabled.
>>
>> 2017-03-04 20:35 GMT+01:00 Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > My implementation of GAL into GerbView is far enough along that I would
>> like
>> > people who use GerbView a lot (and have some time) to try building it
>> and
>> > running it.
>> >
>> > http://i.imgur.com/W6afbRu.jpg
>> >
>> > You can get the code here:
>> > https://github.com/craftyjon/kicad.git branch: gerbview_gal
>> >
>> > The following things are still missing and will be implemented before I
>> > consider it ready to merge:
>> >
>> > - Selection of items
>> > - Highlighting of items (nets, etc)
>> > - A few edge case painting branches (need your help here with test
>> > material!)
>> > - Some improvements to transparency and a new "diff" display mode that
>> I'm
>> > working on
>> > - DCODE display is currently not done in a good way
>> > - A number of code refactorings should happen under the hood before
>> merge.
>> >
>> > I need help now in looking for rendering issues with certain Gerber
>> files.
>> > So far, the files I've tried work fine.  If you have a Gerber file that
>> > throws an ASSERT or displays differently in GAL than it does in legacy,
>> > please let me know, and send me the file if possible!
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Jon
>> >
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