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Re: gEDA-user: Attribute Net (without pin assignment) - for Power and Port Symbols



On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 16:58 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > I thought we used "/" for netlist hierarchy. At least - that is what I
> > coded for the netlist viewer in PCB.
> 
> I suggested Attributes use : to "assign" attributes to owners, to
> avoid conflict.

That is a good separator prefix for namespacing, yes. Or :: even, like C
++.


> Like PCB:background-color=yellow
> 
> The syntax for what the owner owns can be different.
> 
>     PCB:drc.silk.minimum=5mil
> 
> > I'd put a preference for similarity to CSS syntax if we can use that.
> 
> CSS uses spaces for heirarchy:
> 
>     P EM { background: yellow; }

That is ancestory. It would also match P/foo/bar/EM/

If you want just P/EM, you need:

    P > EM { background: yellow; }
or
    P>EM { background: yellow; }


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