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Re: gEDA-user: Page contents browser
On 4/6/07, Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 00:22 -0400, evan foss wrote:
> That is so cool. I can't wait to see it with say tabs.
Thanks.
I just posted another example - with an idea of how buses "might" be
represented. (This takes buses further than their current, graphical
existence)
Well you could have a sub group with the buses name containing all the
buses nets.
> > What views / information could / should be presented in this browser?
> > (Are there any other types of object we need to see listed? - I know I
> > missed buses - should these come under "nets"?
>
> I might suggest that it also have the ability to search for a given
> object or value in the tree.
Like a filter, or a search. This is possible.
> What would be really really cool but very hard would be to add a
> search with connection or relative location to another.
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this, but if it is along the lines
of searching for a "resistor" connected to "this object", that could be
useful. I'm not sure how the user would specify the search though.
You know I don't remember what I meant now that I think about it. (it
was 1AM when I wrote that. Sorry)
> I would also add further subcategories because I can see that getting
> very cluttered. For a large digital design it would be nice to group
> all the 0.1uF caps.
It gets difficult to solve all cases. Grouping by component, e.g.
collecting all components using "resistor-2.sym", or "capacitor-1.sym",
could be a start.
I'm not sure about automatically grouping things by "part number", or
"value". Grouping "could" be customisable by plug-in, but it would be
much more complex to implement.
You are probably correct.
> > Is this useful to real users - or just as a test of libgeda hooking?
> > (This will determine how much effort is put into polishing it)
>
> I would use it but I would like to be able to turn it off when dealing
> with subcircuit blocks. I never get that complex.
Turn off what- the grouping?
No, the whole window you added.
> > Should sub-circuits expand hierarchically in the browser? (My instinct
> > is "no" for now.
>
> I agree that would lead to a real mess and defeat the purpose of
> having subcircuits. They exist so you can just deal with larger
> blocks.
The 3D-Cad package I occasionally use can expand sub-components. I'm not
sure how well it would work with schematics though - and its certainly
simpler to code without the expansion.
I suspect that like all other things in software you will write it,
use it and realize that some minor things bug you enough to warrant
changing them. Thinking a head is never a complete substitute for user
feed back. What cad package do you use?
Thanks for the comments,
Thanks for listening.
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