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Hello friends of gerbv (and all others too, of course) Hello friends of gerbv (and all others too, of course)
Time for the twelfth release of the Free Gerber Viewer, aka gerbv, Time for the twelfth release of the Free Gerber Viewer, aka gerbv,
the "not-as-stable" release. the "errors-in-your-face" release.
There is about two and a half months ago since I made the last release. There is about two and a half months ago since I made the last release.
The need for release has decreased since there are less and less The need for release has decreased since there are less and less
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second it appears. Fix that I must. second it appears. Fix that I must.
If that happens you have a commandline switch so you can log all error If that happens you have a commandline switch so you can log all error
messages to a file. Put -l <logfile> or --log=<logfile>. It's of course messages to a file. Use -l <logfile> or --log=<logfile>. It's of course
all described in the man page. all described in the man page.
Then there is this improved millimeter handling. The only example I had Then there is this improved millimeter handling for gerberfiles. The only
using millimeter was broken from my point of view so I ask you to use example I had using millimeter was broken from my point of view so I ask
it with caution and report all problems to me. Not as tested as I would you to use it with caution and report all problems to me. Not as tested
like to. as I would like to.
Daniel Dorau has written a short description on how to get Cadsoft's Eagle Daniel Dorau has written a short description on how to get Cadsoft's Eagle
to generate proper drill files. And a small Perl script to accompanion that. to generate proper drill files, and a small Perl script to accompanion that.
It's available from the webpage and in the distribution under doc/eagle. It's available from the webpage and in the distribution under doc/eagle.
All layers on and off. Martin Sigrand added two buttons; all layers on and all layers off.
Two new options in the popup menus; Swap with Above and Swap with Below.
Now you can change the order of the presented layers by pushing them
up or down.
Then there are sleeve of bug fixes too including: Then there are sleeve of bug fixes too including:
* Minor compiler warnings using GCC 3.x fixed. * Minor compiler warnings using GCC 3.x fixed.
* G55 implemented. Was actually found in an example in the "specification" . * G55 implemented. Was actually found in an example in the "specification".
* Building on MacOS X. Reported by Yuri.
* Building on MacOS X. Patch from Charles Lepple.
* Some filled polygons could have problems and not being drawn properly. * Some filled polygons could have problems and not being drawn properly.
Reported by Chris Ellec and Bruno Schwander.
* 64-bit compilation warnings fixed. * 64-bit compilation warnings fixed.
* Some (very few, only seen once by me) ccw arcs could be drawn cw. * Some ccw arcs could be drawn cw. Reported by Jukka Marin and Charles Lepple.
* Plus signs in the coordinates of a drill file properly handled. * Plus signs in the coordinates of a drill file properly handled.
Patch from Dan McMahill.
The man page is update to reflect all changes in the usage of gerbv. The man page is update to reflect all changes in the usage of gerbv.