gEDA-dev: geda naming convention

[Ryan <rlseal-at-NOSPAMgmail_dot_com>]

Has anyone here ever considered using a consistent naming scheme for gEDA's countless glue-scripts and general programs? It would seem very useful to adopt a naming convention similar to the git source control package - such as geda-pcb, geda-gattrib, geda-gsch2pcb, etc.. . This would allow the user to simply type "geda-" and use the tab for name completion; thus providing a method for users who don't use gEDA on a daily basis to stop trying to remember all of these odd-ball script names. I also think many new users are discouraged because, at first glance, they see a ton of seemingly unrelated programs and think, "I have to learn all of this to create a simple board?". I find the software very useful and would like to encourage others (students and professors at my University) to learn, but in my experience people are short on time and many have the point-and-click mentality that comes with  almost all EDA software these days. Anything to lessen the learning curve and improve the new user experience is sure to bring many more people on board - and makes my task of promoting the software more convincing to those reluctant to try anything else.

Thanks,
Ryan




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