[Pcb2gcode-devel] m4 function

[Lionel S. C. <lio...@gm...>]

Dear all

As I told you I was interested in some features that are not currently in
pcb2gcode.

The first feature I was interested in, was to easilly expand or tune output
languages and output flavours. I was especially lacking a gerber output.
You may wander why I want a gerber to gerber translator ? The reason is
that I want to easilly control pcb2gcode behaviour, which is to my eyes
necessary both for debug and for regular usage.
To get flexibilty in outputs I added a m4 output to pcb2gcode, a m4
template (gerberonly by now, but gcode and hpgl may follow) and a shell
script to manage it.

I am not sur on how to implement the autolovel feature (what is it?)

I am  not a good GNU programmer. I don't know how to manage path in the
shell script. I don't know how to write the make install neither. I don't
know a smart way to give you the source code to review it. I tried a git
patch, but it is pretty new to me, I hope it is ok.

To test :
First : get sources from git, patch, configure and make
update : path in pcb2gcode.sh (first line should be enough)
move to : testing/gerbv_example/(the directory you prefer)
use : ../../../pcb2gcode.sh

I hope it will be interesting/usefull for you too.

Comments are welcome

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