Open Sch & Brd files together

Am 26.02.2010 18:43, schrieb Tilmann Reh:

Doesn't that fit everyone's need?  A clean approach that gives easy access

to the design documents from within Control Panel.  Not much effort to

distract from other features and EAGLE doesn't become bloated.  A win-win I

think.

 

Unfortunately, getting this to work is some effort, since you would have

to set up that file association list first before you can make use of

it. That's not a works-from-the-box approach, IMHO.

 

Luckily, the OS already has exactly such a list - why not simply use

that? You can pass the name of a file to the system shell and have the

related application started automagically.

With James' approach it would be possible to configure which files Eagle's

Control Panel shows. I'd rather not have all the files shown in the

folder list, as was mentioned by someone else in this thread already.

Please read this carefully:

In order to implement double clicking and opening of files from the

control panel of EAGLE. does not require to EAGLE to do anything, have

any file associations, nor any file viewers. as all have stated, this

already resides in the OS. all that is required is to pass "START

path\filename.ext" to the OS. just one string. that's it. maybe 10 lines

of code. no viewers, no tables, no nothing. and stop hiding files in the

control pane - which is simplifying the code. if this is untrue, I

challenge you to provide evidence to the contrary.

nobody is asking for EAGLE to be aware of or do anything with any type

of file except it's own. if you think i or anyone else here asked for

that, you are projecting your own prejudices, misunderstanding and

perhaps your ignorance of programming into the debate. please quote for

me where I, or anyone else, has asked for EAGLE to be aware of and

handle different file types. right, we only asked that they be opened in

the native application, not EAGLE, you misunderstood us. when we say

open, we mean "from the control panel", not "by the EAGLE application".

personally, i don't like the control panel. i totally agree that EAGLE

should be as light and CAD oriented as possible - I'd even dump the

integral text editor. i think CADSOFT should concentrate on real

features that improve the tool, not libraries, not databases. i think

there is real room to rethink EAGLE's project management paradigm - I

myself found it strange when introduced to it.

but, since I must use the control panel, I wish it wouldn't get in my

way of organizing projects in the way that works best for me. not for 10

lines of code at any rate.

Please read this carefully:

In order to implement double clicking and opening of files from the

control panel of EAGLE. does not require to EAGLE to do anything, have

any file associations, nor any file viewers. as all have stated, this

already resides in the OS. all that is required is to pass "START

path\filename.ext" to the OS. just one string. that's it. maybe 10 lines

of code. no viewers, no tables, no nothing. and stop hiding files in the

control pane - which is simplifying the code. if this is untrue, I

challenge you to provide evidence to the contrary.

nobody is asking for EAGLE to be aware of or do anything with any type

of file except it's own. if you think i or anyone else here asked for

that, you are projecting your own prejudices, misunderstanding and

perhaps your ignorance of programming into the debate. please quote for

me where I, or anyone else, has asked for EAGLE to be aware of and

handle different file types. right, we only asked that they be opened in

the native application, not EAGLE, you misunderstood us. when we say

open, we mean "from the control panel", not "by the EAGLE application".

personally, i don't like the control panel. i totally agree that EAGLE

should be as light and CAD oriented as possible - I'd even dump the

integral text editor. i think CADSOFT should concentrate on real

features that improve the tool, not libraries, not databases. i think

there is real room to rethink EAGLE's project management paradigm - I

myself found it strange when introduced to it.

but, since I must use the control panel, I wish it wouldn't get in my

way of organizing projects in the way that works best for me. not for 10

lines of code at any rate.