RE: gEDA: Gschem modification proposal

["Timmerman, LJH" <bert_dot_timmerman-at-NOSPAMcorusgroup_dot_com>]

Hi Wojciech and all,

Correct me if I misunderstood (and if memory serves me well).

A previous mail in the list said something like that all symbols (maybe
except power, verilog, vhdl and IEC symbols) should have an empty
"footprint=" attribute.

In this manner we could avoid the hassle with the different package formats
[DIP, TSOP, TO, and the like].

This was mentioned in a discussion about transistor pinnames [1, 2, 3]
versus [e, b, c].

What do you _exactly_ mean with "promoted"?.

According to my English --> Dutch dictionary this word has several different
meanings.

What "event" is the result of [getting, being] promoted ?.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Wojciech Kazubski <wk@ire.pw.edu.pl>@CORUS  
> Sent:	dinsdag 26 maart 2002 15:15
> To:	geda-dev@seul.org
> Subject:	gEDA: Gschem modification proposal
> 
>  
> Hi Ales and All!
> 
> I have two proposals for changes in gschem:
> 
> 1) Treat the text having name and "=" sign but no value as a 
> legitimate
> attribute. This will allow to make an empty attribute as 
> "footprint=", that
> will appear after editing a walue. Currently such attributes 
> are treated as a
> text and are not promoted nor the parameter Show_name_value 
> controls their
> visibility.
> 
> 2) Extend Visibility parameter with a new option (2) telling that the
> attribute is not visible but can be promoted. This means that 
> the attribute
> is visible if visibility = 1  and promoted if is >= 1.  The 
> change will make
> possible creating the attributes that are editable but not 
> visible (even
> after editing). Now the attributes with visibility set to 0 
> are not promoted
> (as device attribute).
> 
> The changes should not cause compatibility problems.
> 
> W. Kazubski

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