Open Sch & Brd files together

On 02/25/2010 02:16 AM, Tilmann Reh wrote:

Alexander Horst schrieb:

 

Often, there is no epf, e.g. when opening a sch&brd pair, which was sent

by email. In this case I very often run into the behavior as described by

Silviu.

 

This could be solved if EAGLE would load some kind of default "project"

settings when a sch/brd file is opened directly (instead of a project).

 

Tilmann

Alexander & Tilmann,

All very good points.

A checkbox in the dialog "Always do this" would be rather simple to add.

To initialize this, add an entry in ~/.eaglerc.  Perhaps something like:

    Dialog.OpenMatchingFile = {"Always","Never","Ask"}

would work, with the absence of the line defaulting to "Ask"?  To revert

the choice, all one would have to do is delete that line or set the

value to "Ask" using a garden-variety plain text editor like vim or

emacs (I'm a vim-guy myself).  By keeping this in ~/.eaglerc, it remains

the choice of the user and does not affect others who might use the same

installation.

The fact that this thread boasts such a robust debate indicates that

there is diversity of need.  As such, if I were on the design committee

at CadSoft, I would at provide the user the choice and not mandate

that the matching sch/brd always or never opens.  While there are

clearly those who want to always open the matching file, there are also

those want the option, and those who would choose "never".

The task of predicting how one's software will be used is daunting to

say the least.  The wider the customer base, the more configurable

options have to be present, and documentation thereof, to accommodate

unforeseen uses of the software.

Enjoy,

    - Chuck

On 02/25/2010 02:16 AM, Tilmann Reh wrote:

Alexander Horst schrieb:

 

Often, there is no epf, e.g. when opening a sch&brd pair, which was sent

by email. In this case I very often run into the behavior as described by

Silviu.

 

This could be solved if EAGLE would load some kind of default "project"

settings when a sch/brd file is opened directly (instead of a project).

 

Tilmann

Alexander & Tilmann,

All very good points.

A checkbox in the dialog "Always do this" would be rather simple to add.

To initialize this, add an entry in ~/.eaglerc.  Perhaps something like:

    Dialog.OpenMatchingFile = {"Always","Never","Ask"}

would work, with the absence of the line defaulting to "Ask"?  To revert

the choice, all one would have to do is delete that line or set the

value to "Ask" using a garden-variety plain text editor like vim or

emacs (I'm a vim-guy myself).  By keeping this in ~/.eaglerc, it remains

the choice of the user and does not affect others who might use the same

installation.

The fact that this thread boasts such a robust debate indicates that

there is diversity of need.  As such, if I were on the design committee

at CadSoft, I would at provide the user the choice and not mandate

that the matching sch/brd always or never opens.  While there are

clearly those who want to always open the matching file, there are also

those want the option, and those who would choose "never".

The task of predicting how one's software will be used is daunting to

say the least.  The wider the customer base, the more configurable

options have to be present, and documentation thereof, to accommodate

unforeseen uses of the software.

Enjoy,

    - Chuck