Re: gEDA-user: Parts DB API

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 19, 2007, at 5:47 PM, John Doty wrote:
>>    As do I.  I've always thought that gattrib's functionality being
>> implemented as a separate program is a bit odd.  I think there should
>> be a menu choice like "Edit all component attributes..." which would
>> bring up what we now see as gattrib's main window.
>
> To me, it's the other way around. The schematic editor is a graphic
> tool, and should concentrate on graphics ("A program should do one
> thing well"). Attributes are text, and should be entered and edited
> by a text-oriented tool. For attributes visible in the schematic, the
> schematic editor should be able to read the attributes, but it need
> not be able to write them.

   I understand and agree with your point, but I think it should be 
looked at in a different way.  Rather than thinking of it as a 
graphical tool, the schematic editor is a "circuit design tool" (that 
happens to use graphics).  One can attach attributes to components in 
the design by individually selecting each component and editing their 
attributes, but a spreadsheet-format tool like gattrib simply provides 
a shortcut for that functionality for more advanced users.

   We're talking about the same thing of course; I'm just proposing a 
different way of looking at it.

          -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL



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