[Pcb-bugs] [Bug 700877] Re: Name exported Gerber files with the layer name

[Peter C. <pc...@ca...>]

I'm not sure if there is any consensus.

We have vague plans for a more major file format revision at some point,
so we could introduce the necessary file format changes to store group
names (or move to a different alternative to grouping) when that
happens.

I might be persuaded to apply your simple workaround from comment #7 if
DJ concurs. We recently had a break in export file names anyway, as we
changed front/back (component/solder) to top/bottom.

** Changed in: pcb
     Assignee: (unassigned) => DJ Delorie (djdelorie)

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Title:
  Name exported Gerber files with the layer name

Status in PCB: Printed Circuit Board CAD package:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Here is a patch to a src/hid/common/flags.c (git repository clone'd
  10th Jan 11) to name exported Gerber files with the layer name:

  
  diff --git a/src/hid/common/flags.c b/src/hid/common/flags.c
  index 30859fb..feda662 100644
  --- a/src/hid/common/flags.c
  +++ b/src/hid/common/flags.c
  @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ layer_type_to_file_name (int idx)
         else
          {
            static char buf[20];
  -         sprintf (buf, "group%d", group);
  +         snprintf (buf, 20, "%s", PCB->Data->Layer[idx].Name);
            return buf;
          }
         break;