gEDA-user: Patch to utils/src/convert_sym.c

["Patrick Doyle" <wpdster@xxxxxxxxx>]

Attached (perhaps) is a trivial patch to convert_sym.c to enable it to
handle viewlogic schematics with pins marked as "PWR".

I know I'm preaching to the choir, but I can't help making a plug here.

This is why I prefer open source software over close source software.
I decided to evaluate the gEDA tools to see if they meet my needs.  I
tried to import the schematic symbol provided by the silicon vendor,
and the import failed.  I looked at the error message, looked at the
source code, added 8 lines of code to the tool, recompiled, and got
back to the business at hand.

Now, I admit, not all such tool problems can be so trivially fixed,
but this particular problem, and it's solution, cost me 15 minutes of
development time (plus an additional 15 minutes, because I can't seem
to compose short emails :-)).  Compare that to:

I decided to evaluate the xyzEDA tools to see if they meet my needs.
I tried to import the schematic symbol provided by the silicon vendor,
and the import failed.  I looked at the error message, when to he
support page for the CAD vendor, googled around for a fix, couldn't
find anything, filed a trouble ticket with the CAD vendor, and waited
for a fix to be provided in the next release.  In the mean time, I
worked around the problem by drawing the symbol by hand.
(Note, the preceding paragraph is entirely fictitious).

Anyway, thanks team!  And thanks for the source!

--wpd
Index: src/convert_sym.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvspsrv/cvsroot/eda/geda/gaf/utils/src/convert_sym.c,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.12 convert_sym.c
--- src/convert_sym.c	27 Sep 2005 22:46:55 -0000	1.12
+++ src/convert_sym.c	2 Aug 2006 13:02:45 -0000
@@ -784,6 +784,14 @@
         sprintf(text, "pintype=tri");
 #endif
       }
+      else if (strcmp(value, "PWR") == 0)
+      {
+#ifdef HAVE_SNPRINTF
+        snprintf(text, MAX_TEXTLEN, "pintype=pwr");
+#else
+        sprintf(text, "pintype=pwr");
+#endif
+      }
       else
       {
         fprintf(stderr,"Error: Invalid or unknown pin type \"%s\" for record "


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