XRM - XRoadMaker 0.5.5
Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Cedric Hyppolite
 

Description
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XRoadMaker is a printed circuit router for X using GNOME libraries.

***Warning*** 
XRoadMaker with is lack of components is quite unusable at this
time... but the main engine is fairly stable. It is provided
for testing purpose.


Features
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o Evoluted algorithm for tracks sorting 
o Automatic routing by try-resume 
o Graphical creation and edition of the circuit
o Tree view of circuit structure
o File format store general information (Designer, Society...)
o Component coordinates in millimeter and inches
o Tracks visualization and selection by color
o Track list modification facilities
o Fig export
o Graphical customization
o Color choice for displaying each categories (Track, Attach...)  
o Different policies in updating the graphics (for slow computers)
o Circuit view scalable
o Possibility of logging the router operations
o Configurable router parameters


Requirements
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o GNOME        >= 1.0.53 (http://www.gnome.org)
o GTK+         >= 1.2.0  (http://www.gtk.org)
o ANSI C compiler/library


Installation
============

tar xzf xroadmaker-0.5.5.tar.gz
cd xroadmaker-0.5.5.tar.gz
./configure
make
make install

See INSTALL for more information


Files
=====
XRoadMaker will install his binary by default in /usr/bin
The libraries can be found in /usr/share/xroadmaker/libs,
there is also a default config file in /usr/share/xroadmaker/config.


Running
=======

Simply type 'xroadmaker'
The first time it will create a directory named .xroadmaker 
in your home directory for storing config files.


License
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The program may be freely distributed and used in any way as long as the
copyright notice is not removed. XRoadMaker is licensed under the terms 
of the GNU GPL included in the file COPYING.

