Re: gEDA-user: Drawing a schematic with a single-inline resistor network

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Then I remembered that those op-amps were slotted, so I added a
> numslots=5 (the single inline package contains five resistors)
> statement to the resistor-1.sym file, and slotdef lines for each of
> those slots. But when I went to assign a slot=1 line to the .sym
> file, gschem segfaulted!

Don't assign a slot in the symbol file, assign a slot in the schematic
with the eShift-S ("eS") command.  The symbol should have slotdefs in
it.

> Any time I try to add a slot attribute to resistor-1.sym (mind you,
> I copied

You should rename the symbol if you're changing it, just in case some
tool picks the wrong one.

> Ideally, I would like to know if there is an easier way to do
> this. Does anyone know of a way to have a SIP resistor network? I
> need the whole thing to be named R3 and it can use the SIP m4 macro
> as its footprint.

You could create a new symbol that has five resistors in a box, with
one side common.

> Also, are there round footprints that indicate polarity that I can use for
> capacitors? If so, what are they called and how do I call them?

Each capacitor has a different lead spacing, but yes, look in ~generic
for footprings like [RADIAL_CAN 200].

> Lastly -- and this isn't very important -- the 5.x.x. MilesTag
> schematic I am trying to draw has a connector which is "split" on
> the schematic so that pins 1-4 appear on the left side of the
> schematic and pins 5 and 6 appear in the middle. It makes the
> schematic look cleaner and it all has one footprint on the PCB. Is
> there a way I could do this in gschem?

Slots again.  Or, make two symbols with different pin numbers, and
just give them the same refdes.

> p.s. Every time I move a component in gschem, I have to redraw the
> wires which connect to it. This is a real hassle to say the least,
> is there a way I can make wires move with respect to the components
> they are attached to?

They move for me.  Click on the part, hit 'm' to enter move mode, move
the part.  Do you mean that they're messy afterwards?  If so, this is
a known "anti-feature".


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