Open Sch & Brd files together

Gary Gofstein wrote:

I agree with the suggestion that eagle tree should be able to open files

of other applications. but this does not mean that EAGLE itself must

There seem to be two groups of users: The "one task one tool" group

and those who want to have a "do it all" Eagle.

I don't want to use one more file manager with different user

interface. It will never match the maturity of a "real" file manager.

I would prefer a better integration of Eagle to be used with the OS

means.

My programming editor ("IDE"), HTML editor, office software etc. all

do not have file manager functionality and I doubt anyone asks for

such a feature.

IMO the real benefit of the Eagle control panel is the library

handling (browse, copy elements between libraries)!

have pdf viewer at all. just needs to pass the open command to the OS

and let it launch the user's choice of viewer. That's all we are asking

for.

You open a can of worms. Eagle had to handle all the file

associations, shell extensions etc. to do it well. That's not the task

of a development software.

As far as the opening of single board/schema, I think it is a dangerous

pitfall for the new user. As Joern points out, no need for yet another

option, you don't want both windows, just close one.

 

maybe when directed to open a .sch or .brd from the OS, EAGLE should

check the folder for a project file and just open, or ask to open, the

project. otherwise just view the file.

Since the epf is in the same folder, the user could open the epf file

instead of the brd or sch.

And keep in mind that opening the epf file also means changing it if

the epf file is set to "auto save".

Oliver

Gary Gofstein wrote:

I agree with the suggestion that eagle tree should be able to open files

of other applications. but this does not mean that EAGLE itself must

There seem to be two groups of users: The "one task one tool" group

and those who want to have a "do it all" Eagle.

I don't want to use one more file manager with different user

interface. It will never match the maturity of a "real" file manager.

I would prefer a better integration of Eagle to be used with the OS

means.

My programming editor ("IDE"), HTML editor, office software etc. all

do not have file manager functionality and I doubt anyone asks for

such a feature.

IMO the real benefit of the Eagle control panel is the library

handling (browse, copy elements between libraries)!

have pdf viewer at all. just needs to pass the open command to the OS

and let it launch the user's choice of viewer. That's all we are asking

for.

You open a can of worms. Eagle had to handle all the file

associations, shell extensions etc. to do it well. That's not the task

of a development software.

As far as the opening of single board/schema, I think it is a dangerous

pitfall for the new user. As Joern points out, no need for yet another

option, you don't want both windows, just close one.

 

maybe when directed to open a .sch or .brd from the OS, EAGLE should

check the folder for a project file and just open, or ask to open, the

project. otherwise just view the file.

Since the epf is in the same folder, the user could open the epf file

instead of the brd or sch.

And keep in mind that opening the epf file also means changing it if

the epf file is set to "auto save".

Oliver