gEDA-bug: [Bug 707064] Re: Remove unconnected net cues for netname connected nets

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

@Krzysztof,

It sounds like getting the red cues right is becoming more and more like
a back-annotated DRC overlay from the design scope!

For now, the simple case of removing the cue when the net is named would
be a help (so designers can see the bad red-dots). An electrical DRC is
the right place to detect lack of connectivity - perhaps in the future
we can back-annotate this as a live overlay on the problem areas.

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Title:
  Remove unconnected net cues for netname connected nets

Status in GPL Electronic Design Automation tools:
  New

Bug description:
  This came up after a presentation with potential users.

  The red cues on the end of unconnected net was perceeved as a nice
  warning that something was unconnected.

  Their expectation was that a net connected at one end should lose the
  second cue (on its unconnected end) if the net is named. This could be
  implemented either to mean "has a netname=" attribute, or that it is
  connected to something which has one.

  This helps to preserve the semantic that "red splodge" == something to
  fix.

  We also noted that the pin cues were not nearly as visible as they
  ought to be when projected!




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