Stuart Brorson wrote:
Dan,
I just installed the latest version of geda (20040111) on my redhat 9
system without any problem. I have a couple of questions on gschem
handling of net connection. The first question is let's say I draw a
long "net" and have a number of solder points on the net. If I do
"select" on the net, it selects the whole net eventhough I wanted to
select the "net" between the solder points as shown below. Is it a
setup issue or is it done on purpose?<br>
This is how gschem works. The "ends" of a net live at the end of the straight
segment, regardless of how many connections tap off the straight
segment. When you select a net, you get the whole thing, end to end.
Thanks for the quick response. I have quite few experience working
with schematics in mentor and cadence environment. In both cases when
you select a net, you have the option of selecting either the net
between the solder points or the whole net(end-to-end). I think it
will be a great feature if gschem adapts the same aproach. What do
you and/or the program developers think?
The second gschem question is let's say I have a PMOS symbol where all
the four "pins" are connected to different wires in a schematic and I
decide to move the symbol. WHat I am noticing is that the symbol is
moving but not the "nets" that are attached with the symbol. Is this a
feature or there is something wrong with my setup.<br>
Ummm, in general, the nets attached to the symbol should remain
attached to the symbol, so that if you drag the symbol somewhere
else, the net ends attached to the symbol will remain attached to the
symbol, but the nets themselves will be moved to a diagonal state.
If you want the nets to move too, you have to select them also. Hold
down the "shift" key when selecting objects to include them in the move.
Could you check if the gschem on your machine does the same thing? I
am curious if it is related to my setup or it is a bug. In my view, it
is very important for the symbol to move with all the nets that are
attached to the "pins" of the symbol.
my last question is: does anyone have a "gschmrc" file that changes the
setup color or other options? <br>
Not me. I dunno how to do that.
Stuart
Thanks,
Dan
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