Re: gEDA-user: discussion on what busses *mean*

["Bert Timmerman" <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John, 

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> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: discussion on what busses *mean*
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> 
> On Aug 15, 2010, at 4:15 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > I called it "bus pin" meaning a pin that connects to a bus, 
> vs a pin 
> > that connects to a net, in gschem.  I mean, we already have two 
> > fundamental connection types in gschem - nets and busses.  
> Why don't 
> > we have two pin types that correspond?
> 
> But in Paul's approach, every connection is a bus. There's no 
> separate "net" concept, just the possibility of single 
> conductor* busses. Eliminating unnecessary distinctions is a 
> good thing. So there is no need for two kinds of pins, 
> either. But at the graphical level, of course, one would like 
> to draw distinctions (often more than two). So it would be 
> good to have adjustable styles (at least color and width) for 
> both busses and pins.
> 
> * "Conductor" is of course too specific here, given that we 
> have users that design hydraulics with gschem.
> 
> John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
> http://www.noqsi.com/
> jpd@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> 

"Conduit" comes close ;-)

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.



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