Re: gEDA-user: Parts DB API

[Werner Hoch <werner.ho@xxxxxx>]

Hi Ivan,

On Mittwoch, 19. Dezember 2007, Ivan Stankovic wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 12:02:34PM -0800, Dave N6NZ wrote:
> > Is there any barrier to integrating gattrib with gschem?  I think
> > I'd be happy with being able to pop up gattrib as a gigantic modal
> > dialog.
>
> I had actually proposed just that some months ago (it was on IRC),
> but the idea was dismissed as unnecessary and complicated, if I
> recall correctly. Personally, I think integrating gattrib with gschem
> (as in: gattrib-in-gschem would just be gschem's attribute dialog on
> steroids) makes perfect sense.

there's a feature request on SF on this topic:
"divert to an external programm"
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1444035&group_id=161080&atid=818429

What's required to implement that idea:

1. create a dialog that:
2. asks for saving/locking the current schematic
3. lock the current gschem session with a modal dialog.
4. export the current schematic or attributes
5. call the external programm
[edit the attributes/schematic/symbol in the external programm and save 
it]
6. reload the changed attributes/schematic/symbol
7. go on with gschem

whether the external programm is gattrib or OpenOffice or a text editor 
may be the choice of the user.

Regards
Werner


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