Re: gEDA-user: Tutorial changes

[John Doty <jpd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 16, 2009, at 9:57 AM, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:51:54 +0530, Shakthi Kannan wrote:
>
>> http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:gsch2pcb_tutorial
>>
>> * There is no "Analog" library under Components. Under "Basic"  
>> devices,
>> we have resistor-1.sym.
>
> I accommodated the tutorial to reflect the names displayed in the  
> library
> chooser. By the way: How can I set similar names that deviate from the
> path for my local libs?
>
>
>> * There is no slot definition in dual-opamp-1.sym.
>
> The symbol contains the slot definition. However, the slot  
> attribute is
> not visible. So it is not copied to the instance in the schematics.  
> You
> can add it manually:
>
> 1) Select the instantiated symbol in the schematic.
>
> 2) Type ee to bring up the attribute editor
>
> 3) Choose "slot" from the drop down list of attribute names.
>
> 4) Type 1 in the value field
>
> 5) press the add button. The instance of the symbol immediately  
> updates
> accordingly -- No need to close the attribute editor dialog.

Much easier is to use "eS" or Edit>Slot... That adds the required  
attribute.

>
> Following the principle of least surprise, the slot attribute  
> should be
> effective automatically, when working with the default library.  
> However,
> the slot attribute is invisible in all the slotted symbols of the  
> default
> library I checked. I'd volunteer to change the slot attribute of all
> these  symbols to visible.

Yuck. Please no.

This is actually an attribute that it makes sense to always promote  
in just about every flow, even if invisible. But the list in system- 
gafrc (always-promote-attributes "footprint device value model-name")  
is not sensible in my flows. Of course this is easy to customize...


> How would this enter the distribution? My
> local source was downloaded via git. How would I go ahead and  
> communicate
> the necessary changes?
>
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John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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