Re: gEDA-user: lost newbie (footprint)

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Subject: Re: gEDA-user: lost newbie (footprint)
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:23:28 -0500
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On Jan 10, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Werner Hoch wrote:

I added footprint TO220 for 7815 that has 3 pins and it says

Checking: /usr/share/gEDA/sym/linear/lm7815-1.sym
Warning: Number of pins does not match footprint size.
1 warnings found
No errors found


Well as the footprint name is TO220 gsymcheck asumes that there should
be 220 pins.


  Well that would certainly be an interesting voltage regulator.

This rule works fine for the most of the footprints like DIP14, SO20,
QFP44, but fails on TO92, ...

So something really does pay attention to trailing digits in a footprint name...Does this strike anyone else as a big abstraction violation?

          -Dave

-- Dave McGuire "You'll have to be a lot more specific than 'that Cape Coral, FL girl last night.'" -Ted McFadden

References:
- gEDA-user: lost newbie (footprint)
  - From: Marc
- Re: gEDA-user: lost newbie (footprint)
  - From: Werner Hoch