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Hello!
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This is to announce the beta test release of gerbv-2.0.0!
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Release 2.0.0 represents a a whole new look for gerbv. Most importantly, the
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layer control GUI has been made much more powerful through the outstanding
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work of Julian Lamb. Julian has also re-worked the GUI's button and menus to
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make them more convenient to use. We are certain that you will find
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gerbv-2.0.0 even easier to use than before because of Julian's amazing work!
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Other changes include:
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* Julian Lamb incorporated the cairo graphics library into gerbv,
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thereby enabling export to a variety of different output file
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formats, including PDF, PS, SVG, and PNG.
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(GDK rendering remains available as a configure option for
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older Linux systems.)
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* Drill parser rewrite by Joerg Wunsch giving better support for
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internationalization and formats.
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* Added report windows showing statistics of Gerber and
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drill codes used (as well as CAM errors) by Stuart Brorson.
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* Parser improvements from Stefan Petersen and Julian Lamb.
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* Aperture handling improvements from Stefan Petersen.
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* A new unit test suite (and nightly test runs) by Dan McMahill.
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* Improved autodetection of file-type by Stuart Brorson.
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* Improvements in the graphical rendering of pick-and-place files.
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* Export of images from the command line (cairo only).
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* Complete implementation of the Gerber spec.
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* Open multiple layers at once in File->Open dialog.
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This is a beta test release to the denizens of geda-dev. We would appreciate
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it if you could take some time to download the beta test release of
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gerbv-2.0.0-beta and take it for at test drive. If you find any bugs, please
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report them on the gerbv.sf.net bug tracker (or email one of the gerbv
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developers).
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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, a feature request database, the CVS repo
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and a commit mailinglist.
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To download gerbv-2.0.0-beta, go to
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http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gerbv/
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and grab gerbv-2.0.0-beta.tar.gz
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To install gerbv do this:
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1. tar zxf gerbv-2.0.0-beta.tar.gz
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2. cd gerbv-2.0.0-beta
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3. ./configure
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4. make && make install
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Interesting configure options are:
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--help : Lists all configure options.
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--disable-cairo : Use GDK instead of cairo for graphics rendering.
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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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Thank you for trying out gerbv-2.0.0-beta!
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-- The gerb team
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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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<p>
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gerbv is a viewer for Gerber files. It is one of the utilities
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gerbv is a viewer for Gerber (RS-274X) 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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are generated from PCB CAD systems and sent to PCB manufacturers
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as the basis for the manufacturing process. The standard supported
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by gerbv is
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<a href="docs/rs274xrevd_e.pdf">RS-274X</a>.
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<a href="docs/rs274xrevd_e.pdf">RS-274X</a>. <b>Note that gerbv will
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not display RS-274D files!</b>
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The basic difference between RS-274D (the old standard) and RS-274X is
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basically the addition of apertures in RS-274X. It might be possible to
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make an RS-274X file out of an RS-274D file and an aperture list.
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the addition of apertures in RS-274X. If you have an RS-274D file,
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you need to convert it to RS-274X before viewing it with gerbv.
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Fortunately, almost all PCB layout programs output RS-274X nowadays.
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<p>
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gerbv also supports drill files. The format supported are known under
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names as NC-drill or Excellon. The format is a bit undefined and
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different EDA-vendors implement it different. But basically you need
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gerbv also supports drill files. The format supported is known under
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such names as NC-drill or Excellon. The format is a bit undefined, and
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different EDA-vendors implement it differently. But basically you need
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to have the tools definition in the file, then the parser is quite
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tolerant. The different holes are shown as dots in the (scaled) correct
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size.
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<p>
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Finally, gerbv will also display many pick-and-place files. To
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view a pick-and-place file with gerbv, the file should hold X, Y, rotation,
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and placement side data (XYRS), as well as the refdes of
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each component to be placed.
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The data should be held in a comma-separated ASCII (.csv) file.
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<p>
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The different layers of the PCB are separated into different files.
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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. Other features
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include the ability to change the displayed stackup (i.e. move layers
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up and down), save a project file that lists a collection of gerber files
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and associated color setup for later use, and a measurement tool.
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and associated color setup for later use, and a measurement tool.
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Finally, you may export your files to .pdf, .ps, .png, and .svg format.
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<p>
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@ -85,15 +94,16 @@ the "save to PNG" option, to VMS.
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<li><a href="http://libpng.org/">libpng</a>, needed by GDK-Pixbuf to generate PNGs (optional).
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<li>getopt_long from the GNU project. gerbv can do without getopt_long
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long options to the program will hence not be available (optional).
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<li><a href="http://cairographics.org/">Cairo</a>, the graphics library (optional).
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</ul>
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Earlier gerbv was known to use Guile. Since release 0.0.9 this has been
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removed. The batch feature and Guile support is removed.
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<br>
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gerbv is basically known to compile on all system which the above
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gerbv is known to compile on all system which the above
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mentioned libraries compile on, basically all flavors of *ix. It
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has been tested on:
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<ul>
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<li> Linux (2.2/2.4)
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<li> Linux (2.2/2.4/2.6)
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<li> NetBSD/i386 (1.4.1) (getopt_long not available)
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<li> NetBSD/Alpha (1.5.1)
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<li> Solaris (5.7 and 5.8) (getopt_long not available)
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@ -162,8 +172,6 @@ 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>Status</h3>
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<ul>
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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> Pick-and-place file support (.csv format).
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<li> Autodetection of Gerber, drill, or pick-place file type upon readin.
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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> Different files have 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> Export image to PNG, .ps, .pdf, .svg (cairo version only).
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<li> Complex layer operations (e.g. knockout).
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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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<h4>What is missing:</h4>
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<ul>
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<li> Complex layer operations (like knockout) 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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<li> Not much else.....
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</ul>
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</ul>
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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>--disable-exportpng</code>: If you want to turn off export of
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PNGs. Use this if you don't have libpng installed on your system.
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<li><code>--disable-cairo</code>: Gerbv uses GDK for graphics.
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Use this if you don't have cairo installed on your system.
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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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<li><code>--enable-unit-mm</code>: If you want millimeter as default
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setting for measurement tool. (mm are available, but not the
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default, if you do not set this.)
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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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<tt>diff -Naur <file.orig> <file> > <file.diff></tt><br>
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and send us the diff file.
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<li>
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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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<b>Important!</b> Please base your patch against the <b>latest
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version of the trunk</b> 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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