Re: [Gerbv-devel] Annotate SVG output?

[Joerg W. <j...@ur...>]

As Phlip wrote:

> We plan to use libgerbv to read some 1970s format Gerber files,
> write them in a 2000s format - SVG - and then display this. I would
> like to allow users to see the name of each component when they
> hover a mouse pointer over its rectangle, in the SVG.

Are you sure your Gerber files actually even have the information
you wish to preserve?

Mine look like:

G36*
X157480Y32283D02*
X163386Y32283D01*
X163386Y36614D01*
X157480Y36614D01*
X157480Y32283D01*
G37*
G36*
X181102Y36614D02*
X175197Y36614D01*
X175197Y32283D01*
X181102Y32283D01*
X181102Y36614D01*
G37*

I wouldn't know how to derive the respective component name from
that ...
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