Gerbv -- a Gerber file viewer

Gerbv is part of the gEDA Project
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-- About gerbv

  *  Gerbv is a viewer for Gerber RS-274X files, Excellon drill files, and CSV
     pick-and-place files.  (Note:  RS-274D files are not supported.)
  *  Gerbv is a native Linux application, and it runs on many common unix
     platforms.
  *  Gerbv is free/ open-source software.
  *  The core functionality of gerbv is located in a separate library
     (libgerbv), allowing developers to include Gerber
     parsing/editing/exporting/rendering into other programs.
  *  Gerbv is one of the utilities affiliated with the gEDA project, an
     umbrella organization dedicated to producing free software tools for
     electronic design. 

-- Building gerbv by downloading a release tarball

   1. Download source tarballs from http://gerbv.sourceforge.net.
   2. Expand source by running gzip -dc <filename> | tar xf -
   3. Change to newly expanded directory
   4. Type ./configure <switches>.
      The following (gerbv) switches are available to configure:
          * --help: Lists all configure options.
          * --enable-debug: Program will output lots of debug 
              spew while running. (default = no -> no debug output 
              by default.)
          * --enable-unit-mm: Set default unit for coordinates in 
              status bar to mm (default = no -> units = inches 
              by default.)
          * --enable-efence: Link with ElectricFence for malloc 
              debugging (default = no -> efence off by default.)
          * --disable-update-desktop-database: Update desktop icon 
              database after installation (default = no -> desktop 
              icon installed by default.)
   5. Type make
   6. Type make install. Please note that if you want to install 
      it in a system directory you have to su first.
   7. Test by typing gerbv 

-- Building gerbv by downloading from anonymous CVS

   1. Login to anonymous CVS (only needed the first time):
      cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@gerbv.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gerbv login .
      Press Enter when CVS asks for a password.
   2. Check out the source tree:
      cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@gerbv.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gerbv co gerbv
   3. Recreate all build system files:
      sh autogen.sh
   4. Type ./configure <switches>.
      The following (gerbv) switches are available to configure:
          * --help: Lists all configure options.
          * --enable-debug: Program will output lots of debug 
              spew while running. (default = no -> no debug output 
              by default.)
          * --enable-unit-mm: Set default unit for coordinates in 
              status bar to mm (default = no -> units = inches 
              by default.)
          * --enable-efence: Link with ElectricFence for malloc 
              debugging (default = no -> efence off by default.)
          * --disable-update-desktop-database: Update desktop icon 
              database after installation (default = no -> desktop 
              icon installed by default.)
   5. Type make
   6. Type make install. Please note that if you want to install 
      it in a system directory you have to su first.
   7. Test by typing gerbv 
   8. Run cvs update in the checked out gerbv directory to get 
      the latest changes. 

--  Supported platforms
Gerbv has been built and tested on

    * Linux (2.2/2.4/2.6)
    * NetBSD/i386 (1.4.1)
    * NetBSD/Alpha (1.5.1)
    * Solaris (5.7 and 5.8) 

-- Information for developers

Gerbv is split into a core functional library and a GUI portion. Developers
wishing to incorporate Gerber parsing/editing/exporting/rendering into other
programs are welcome to use libgerbv. Complete API documentation for libgerbv
is here, as well as many example programs using libgerbv. 

-- License  

  gerbv and all associated files is placed under the GNU Public 
  License (GPL) version 2.0.  See the toplevel COPYING file for 
  more information.

  Programs and associated files are: 
  Copyright 2001, 2002 by Stefan Petersen and the respective
  original authors (which are listed on the respective files)

-- Contact information  

Bugs:  Please submit bug reports to the 
SourceForge bug tracker:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=33921&atid=409538

Feature requests:  Please submit feature requests to the 
SourceForge feature request tracker:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=33921&atid=409541

Patches:  Please submit patches to the 
SourceForge patch submission tracker:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=33921&atid=409540

To communicate with a gerbv developer:  Please post your 
query on the geda-dev mailing list:
http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
