| ID: | 3468 |
| From: | ge...@igor2.repo.hu |
| Date: | Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:09:50 +0200 (CEST) |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] Windows XY export was experimental windows port - |
| in-reply-to: | 3467 from Bob Paddock <gr...@gmail.com> |
| replies: | 3470 from Bob Paddock <gr...@gmail.com> |
On Fri, 18 Oct 2019, Bob Paddock wrote: >> One of these things is: CWD (the current working >> directory), what your current directory is when you start pcb-rnd, does >> matter. > >I started it from a desktop shortcut so the executable path would have been >were the .exe is located. > >>CWD OK, if you created an icon and the icon sets your CWD to the bin dir, then your CWD _is_ the bin dir and whenever you tell pcb (through config, or file names entered) to save something to ./, it will save to bin/. This is not a bug. Most probably you want to modify the icon so that it sets CWD to your home dir. I am not sure how windows is then doing the DLL search, whether it would find the DLLs next to the exe, so please try it and report if it worked or not. >After a few experiments this is what is happening: > >Anything that gets entered in the 'cam' field of the 'Export to file' dialog >ends up creating the exported file with that name in the same >directory as pcb-rnd.exe (started with Windows Shortcut). >If that field is left empty then the path/file name at the top of the >dialog is used as one would expect. Yes, in the CAM field you specify what exactly to export in what file name. If you enter something like "DSN" that really means "I want a file called ./DSN". If I get your original bugreport right, that is exactly what pcb-rnd did, so no bug here I think. This field does override the file name (e.g. dsnfile) on purpose. If you don't know how the CAM exporting syntax works, it's best to leave the cam field empty. >What is the 'cam' field actually for? >Seems unlikely this is the intended behavior. Intended behaviour for what you entered in it. It implements a syntax that lets you tell the exporter what layers to export in what file. For more info: http://repo.hu/cgi-bin/pool.cgi?cmd=show&node=cam You can use it to do fancy things, like (random example) export only top silk and top copper layer groups combined to an svg file. Regards, Igor2
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3468 Re: [pcb-rnd] Windows XY export was experimental windows port - from ge...@igor2.repo.hu
3470 Re: [pcb-rnd] Windows XY export was experimental windows port - from Bob Paddock <gr...@gmail.com>
3471 Re: [pcb-rnd] Windows XY export was experimental windows port - from ge...@igor2.repo.hu