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Hello!
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This is to announce the fourth release in the stable branch of
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gerbv, 1.0.3.
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This release represents a point release incorporating a few patches made
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against the 1.0.X source over the last 1 1/2 years. Specific updates
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include:
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* Incorporate changes from Joost Witteveen to support extended
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%SR% commands.
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* Fix endless loop bug when gerbv encountered an unknown
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% code. Patch from Joost Witteveen.
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* Fixed initial scale setting for %MOMM% Gerber files.
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Patch from Joost Witteveen.
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* Fixed format for small drillfiles. Patch from Trevor Blackwell.
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* Fix setting of the initial window size when the screen
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is larger than the display. Patch from David Carr.
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As currently planned, this release is the last release of the 1.0.X series.
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With this release, maintainership of gerbv has broadened to include several
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more members of the gEDA project (http://geda.seul.org/). This
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places gerbv on a good footing for continued active developement.
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Moving forward, gerbv will begin to make use of the cairo graphics library (if
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it is available on your system). Expect to see other changes as gerbv moves
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to the 1.1 series!
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The homepage for gerbv still lives on SourceForge:
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http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/.
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There you will find a bug database,
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a feature request database, the CVS repo and a commit mailinglist.
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To download gerbv-1.0.3 goto
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http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gerbv/
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and grab gerbv-1.0.3.tar.gz
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To install gerbv do this:
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1. tar zxf gerbv-1.0.3.tar.gz
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2. cd gerbv-1.0.3
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3. ./configure
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4. make install
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Interesting configure options are:
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--help : Lists all options
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--disable-exportpng : Disable compilation of export of PNGs
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--prefix=<dir> : Install to dir <prefix>
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--with-maxfiles : Set maximal number of files (default 20).
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--enable-unit-mm : Change default unit in status bar to mm from inch.
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365
index.html
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index.html
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<h1>gerbv - A Free Gerber Viewer</h1>
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</center>
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Gerber Viewer (gerbv) is a viewer for Gerber files. Gerber files
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<p>
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gerbv is a viewer for Gerber files. It is one of the utilities
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affiliated with the <a href="http://geda.seul.org/">gEDA</a> project.
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<p>
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Gerber files
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are generated from PCB CAD system and sent to PCB manufacturers
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as basis for the manufacturing process. The standard supported
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by gerbv is
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@ -35,8 +38,6 @@ width="48" height="48" border="0" alt="gerbv Logo"> </A>
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gerbv can load all files at the same time and display them "on top
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of each other". You can independently turn them on and off.
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<p>
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<b>If anyone is interested to takeover this project, please contact
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Stefan. Else this project will risk to rot away yet again. </b>
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<h3>General Resources</h3>
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@ -159,8 +160,198 @@ Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Stefan Petersen
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and the respective original authors (which are listed in respective files).
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<h3>News</h3>
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<h3>Status</h3>
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<ul>
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<h4>What's there:</h4>
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<ul>
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<li> Parses (and draws of course) a lot of Gerbers, including aperture macros.
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<li> Drill file support(NC drill/Excellon).
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<li> Autodetection of Gerber-or-Excellonfile.
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<li> Panning and zooming (both stepwise and outline).
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<li> Autoscale. Zoom and pan to fit window.
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<li> Several files can be loaded and be shown "on top of each other".
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<li> Different files has different colors.
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<li> Explicit setting of color on layer.
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<li> Explicit setting of color on background.
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<li> Acknowledge layer polarity (paint/scratch/paint).
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<li> A measurement tool so you can make measurements on the image.
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<li> Export image to PNG.
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<li> Possible to reload files which reloads all loaded files. Good when hacking
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Gerber files.
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<li> Bugs that I want you to help us find. Since gerber is quite a
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"open-for-your-own-interpretation" standard gerbv has a hard time catching
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up with all CAD-vendors interpretation.
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<li> Project files where you can store the names of a set of loaded files
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and color of resp. layer so you easily can reload all Gerber files
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of a project.
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</ul>
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<h4>What is missing:</h4>
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<ul>
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<li> Complex layer operations, like knockout and step-and-repeat, are ignored.
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<li> Proper documentation at all except a very good <a href="gerbv-man.html">man page</a>.
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<li> Also have a look at gerbv's <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=409541&group_id=33921&func=browse">feature request database</a>.
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<li> Surely other things I currently forgotten.
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</ul>
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</ul>
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<h3>Install</h3>
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<ul>
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<h4>By downloading a release</h4>
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<ol>
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<li> Download tarballs from <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gerbv">here</a>.
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<li> Expand source by running <code>gzip -dc <filename> | tar xf -</code>
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<li> Change to newly expanded directory
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<li> Type <code>./configure <switches></code>.<br>
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The following (gerbv) switches are available to configure:
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<ul>
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<li><code>--disable-exportpng</code>: If you want to turn off export of PNGs
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<li><code>--with-maxfiles=<number></code>: Maximum number of simultaneously loaded files (default 20).
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<li><code>--enable-unit-mm</code>: If you want millimeter as default setting for measurement tool.
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</ul>
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<li> Type <code>make</code>
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<li> Type <code>make install</code>. Please note that if you want to
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install it in a system directory you have to <code>su</code> first.
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<li> Test by typing <code>gerbv</code>
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</ol>
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<h4>By using anonymous CVS</h4>
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<ol>
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<li> Login on anonymous CVS (only needed the first time):<br>
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<code>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@gerbv.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gerbv login </code>.<br>
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Press Enter when CVS asks for a password.
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<li> Check out the source tree:<br>
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<code>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@gerbv.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gerbv co gerbv</code>
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<li> Recreate all build system files:<br>
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<code>aclocal</code><br>
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<code>autoheader</code><br>
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<code>automake --copy --add-missing</code><br>
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<code>autoconf</code><br>
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I have also made a simple script which is called with
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<code>./rebuild_conf</code> which does all the auto* stuff.
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<li> Type <code>./configure <switches></code>.<br>
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The following (gerbv) switches are available to configure:
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<ul>
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<li><code>--disable-exportpng</code>: If you want to turn off export of PNGs
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<li><code>--with-maxfiles=<number></code>: Maximum number of simultaneously loaded files (default 20).
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<li><code>--enable-unit-mm</code>: If you want millimeter as default setting for measurement tool.
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</ul>
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<li> Type <code>make</code>
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<li> Type <code>make install</code>. Please note that if you want to
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install it in a system directory you have to <code>su</code> first.
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<li> Test by typing <code>gerbv</code>
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<li> Run <code>cvs update</code> in the checked out gerbv directory to get the latest changes.
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</ol>
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</ul>
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<h3>Submitting a patch or addition to gerbv</h3>
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<ul>
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We are interested in all ideas and suggestions regarding gerbv. We also
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reserve us the right to reject them though. Ideas implemented in source
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code always has a greater chance to make it into the release in a near
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future.
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<p>
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If you want to implement something for gerbv there is a certain "code
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standard" we try to maintain. That is described in a text file in the
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distribution HACKING. Please read it. And check that your code doesn't
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stand out too much from the rest regarding naming of functions and
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variables.
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<p>
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If you send in a patch <tt>diff</tt> is a very good tool. Before you
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start hacking, make a copy of the original file:<br>
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<tt>cp <file> <file.orig></tt> for example like
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<tt>cp gerbv.c gerbv.c.orig</tt>.<br>
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Then use diff as:<br>
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<tt>diff -Naur <file.orig> <file> > <file.diff></tt><br>
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and send us the diff file.
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<p>
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<b>Important!</b> Please base your patch against the latest
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version of the trunk held in CVS! Do not
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base your patch against the released branch since the project maintainers
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do not have lots of time to merge your patch into the trunk if it does not
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apply cleanly to the trunk. If you have questions about submitting patches,
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post them to the geda-dev
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mailing list.
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</ul>
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<h3>gEDA and gerbv Internet resources</h3>
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<ul>
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<h4>URLs</h4>
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gerbv Homepage: <a href="http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/">
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http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/</a><br>
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gEDA Homepage: <a href="http://www.geda.seul.org/">
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http://www.geda.seul.org/</a><br>
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<h4>Mailing list</h4>
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Gerber Viewer will use the ordinary gEDA mailing list, hosted by
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<a href="http://seul.org">Simple End User Linux, SEUL</a><p>
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To subscribe send an email to majordomo (AT) geda (DOT) seul (DOT) org
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with <em>subscribe geda-dev</em> in the body.<br>
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To unsubscribe send an email to majordomo (AT) geda (DOT) seul (DOT) org
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with <em>unsubscribe geda-dev</em> in the body.<br>
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To send email to the list use the address:<br>
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<ul>
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<code>geda-dev (AT) geda (DOT) seul (DOT) org</code><p>
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</ul>
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Remember, <em>geda-dev (AT) geda (DOT) seul (DOT) org</em> is for the actual traffic.<br>
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For administrative commands, use <em>majordomo (AT) geda (DOT) seul
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(DOT) org</em>.<p>
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The mailing list archive is at:<br>
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<ul>
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<code>http://www.geda.seul.org/mailinglist </code><p>
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</ul>
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<strong>Many thanks to the SEUL project for hosting gEDA!</strong>
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</ul>
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<h3>Contact information</h3>
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<p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Bugs: Please submit bug reports to the
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=33921&atid=409538">
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SourceForge bug tracker.
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</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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Feature requests: Please submit bug reports to the
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=33921&atid=409541">
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SourceForge feature request tracker.
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</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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Patches: Please submit bug reports to the
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=33921&atid=409540">
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SourceForge patch submission tracker.
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</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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To communicate with a developer: Please post your query on the geda-dev
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mailing list.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>Archives</h3>
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<ul>
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<li> 2007-12-01 : 1.0.3 release available
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<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gerbv/gerbv-1.0.3.tar.gz">here</a>.
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Announcement is readable <a href="ANNOUNCEMENT-1.0.3">here</a>.
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<li> 2006-07-28 : 1.0.2 release available
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<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gerbv/gerbv-1.0.2.tar.gz">here</a>.
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Announcement is readable <a href="ANNOUNCEMENT-1.0.2">here</a>.
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</ul>
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<h3>Status</h3>
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<ul>
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<h4>What's there:</h4>
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<ul>
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<li> Parses (and draws of course) a lot of Gerbers, including aperture macros.
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<li> Drill file support(NC drill/Excellon).
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<li> Autodetection of Gerber-or-Excellonfile.
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<li> Panning and zooming (both stepwise and outline).
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<li> Autoscale. Zoom and pan to fit window.
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<li> Several files can be loaded and be shown "on top of each other".
|
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<li> Different files has different colors.
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<li> Explicit setting of color on layer.
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<li> Explicit setting of color on background.
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<li> Acknowledge layer polarity (paint/scratch/paint).
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<li> A measurement tool so you can do measurement on the image.
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<li> Export image to PNG.
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<li> Possible to reload files which reloads all loaded files. Good when hacking
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Gerber files.
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<li> Bugs that I want you to help us find. Since gerber is quite a
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"open-for-your-own-interpretation" standard gerbv has a hard time catching
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up with all CAD-vendors interpretation.
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<li> Project files where you can store the names of a set of loaded files
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and color of resp. layer so you easily can reload all Gerber files
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of a project.
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</ul>
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<h4>What is missing:</h4>
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<ul>
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<li> Complex layer operations, like knockout and step-and-repeat, are ignored.
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<li> Proper documentation at all except a very good <a href="gerbv-man.html">man page</a>.
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<li> Also have a look at gerbv's <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=409541&group_id=33921&func=browse">feature request database</a>.
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<li> Surely other things I currently forgotten.
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</ul>
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</ul>
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<h3>Stable versus unstable</h3>
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Per 2004-12-28 gerbv is split into a stable and one unstable branch.
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The stable branch is something that will always work, but no new features will
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be added. Because the increasingly difficulty in supporting GTK+ 1.2, that
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support is removed from 1.0.2. But as new features are added,
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new bugs will probably also crawl up.
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<br>
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The unstable branch will be the HEAD branch in CVS. The stable branch is
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has the tag STABLE_1_x_branch.
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<br>
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The current biggest difference is that the unstable version (HEAD) supports
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Pick-n-place files.
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<h3>Install</h3>
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<ul>
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<h4>By downloading a release</h4>
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<ol>
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<li> Download tarballs from <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gerbv">here</a>.
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<li> Expand source by running <code>gzip -dc <filename> | tar xf -</code>
|
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<li> Change to newly expanded directory
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<li> Type <code>./configure <switches></code>.<br>
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The following (gerbv) switches are available to configure:
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<ul>
|
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<li><code>--disable-exportpng</code>: If you want to turn off export of PNGs
|
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<li><code>--with-maxfiles=<number></code>: Maximum number of simultaneously loaded files (default 20).
|
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<li><code>--enable-unit-mm</code>: If you want millimeter as default setting for measurement tool.
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</ul>
|
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<li> Type <code>make</code>
|
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<li> Type <code>make install</code>. Please note that if you want to
|
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install it in a system directory you have to <code>su</code> first.
|
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<li> Test by typing <code>gerbv</code>
|
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</ol>
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|
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<h4>By using anonymous CVS</h4>
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<ol>
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<li> Login on anonymous CVS (only needed the first time):<br>
|
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<code>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@gerbv.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gerbv login </code>.<br>
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Press Enter when CVS asks for a password.
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<li> Check out the source tree:<br>
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<code>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@gerbv.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gerbv co gerbv</code>
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<li> Recreate all build system files:<br>
|
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<code>aclocal</code><br>
|
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<code>autoheader</code><br>
|
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<code>automake --copy --add-missing</code><br>
|
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<code>autoconf</code><br>
|
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I have also made a simple script which is called with
|
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<code>./rebuild_conf</code> which does all the auto* stuff.
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<li> Type <code>./configure <switches></code>.<br>
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The following (gerbv) switches are available to configure:
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<ul>
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<li><code>--disable-exportpng</code>: If you want to turn off export of PNGs
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<li><code>--with-maxfiles=<number></code>: Maximum number of simultaneously loaded files (default 20).
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<li><code>--enable-unit-mm</code>: If you want millimeter as default setting for measurement tool.
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</ul>
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<li> Type <code>make</code>
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<li> Type <code>make install</code>. Please note that if you want to
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install it in a system directory you have to <code>su</code> first.
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<li> Test by typing <code>gerbv</code>
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<li> Run <code>cvs update</code> in the checked out gerbv directory to get the latest changes.
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</ol>
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</ul>
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<h3>Submitting a patch or addition to gerbv</h3>
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<ul>
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We are interested in all ideas and suggestions regarding gerbv. We also
|
||||
reserve us the right to reject them though. Ideas implemented in source
|
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code always has a greater chance to make it into the release in a near
|
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future.
|
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<p>
|
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If you want to implement something for gerbv there is a certain "code
|
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standard" we try to maintain. That is described in a text file in the
|
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distribution HACKING. Please read it. And check that your code doesn't
|
||||
stand out too much from the rest regarding naming of functions and
|
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variables.
|
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<p>
|
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If you send in a patch <tt>diff</tt> is a very good tool. Before you
|
||||
start hacking, make a copy of the original file:<br>
|
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<tt>cp <file> <file.orig></tt> for example like
|
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<tt>cp gerbv.c gerbv.c.orig</tt>.<br>
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|
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Then use diff as:<br>
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<tt>diff -Naur <file.orig> <file> > <file.diff></tt><br>
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and send us the diff file.
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</ul>
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<h3>gEDA and gerbv Internet resources</h3>
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<ul>
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<h4>URL's</h4>
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gerbv Homepage: <a href="http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/">
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http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/</a><br>
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gEDA Homepage: <a href="http://www.geda.seul.org/">
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http://www.geda.seul.org/</a><br>
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<h4>Mailing list</h4>
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Gerber Viewer will use the ordinary gEDA mailing list, hosted by
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<a href="http://seul.org">Simple End User Linux, SEUL</a><p>
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To subscribe send an email to majordomo@geda.seul.org
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with <em>subscribe geda-dev</em> in the body.<br>
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To unsubscribe send an email to majordomo@geda.seul.org
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with <em>unsubscribe geda-dev</em> in the body.<br>
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To send email to the list use the address:<br>
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<ul>
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<code>geda-dev@geda.seul.org</code><p>
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</ul>
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Remember, <em>geda-dev@geda.seul.org</em> is for the actual traffic.<br>
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For administrative commands, use <em>majordomo@geda.seul.org</em>.<p>
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The mailing list archive is at:<br>
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<ul>
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<code>http://www.geda.seul.org/mailinglist </code><p>
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</ul>
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<strong>Many thanks to the SEUL project for hosting gEDA!</strong>
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</ul>
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<h3>Contact information</h3>
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Stefan Petersen<br>
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E-mail: <a href="mailto:spetm@users.sourceforge.net">spetm (AT) users.sourceforge.net</a><br>
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Web: <a href="http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/">
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http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/</a><br>
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<A href="http://sourceforge.net">
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<IMG src="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=33921&type=5"
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