Re: gEDA-user: Is gnetman available for download anywhere?

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 09:10 -0800, steve meier wrote:
> one last thought.
> 
> If you want to use hierarchical buses then you have to be able to set a
> symbols pin type to being a bus type.
> 
> The one mod that I would love to see in gschem is the ability to set the
> pin type when editing a pin. I have done this for a couple of versions
> of gschem in the past.
> 
> You can also use a text editor to set the pin type in the symbol file.

I'll try to get this fixed for the next development snapshot. I've got
some code which fixes up the drawing of bus type pins to make them, and
their cues fatter.

There is also the updated logic to allow gschem to recognise the
connection between a bus pin and a bus, disallowing net->bus pin
connections etc..

I'm almost done with the above changes, however I'm not so sure where to
stash the option for switching a pin to / from being a bus pin.

Since the stock gnetlist doesn't grok buses, I don't want to make it
_too_ obvious, so that we don't mislead users into thinking they will
get connectivity by this method.

Shortcut key?
Menu item?
Context (popup / right click) menu item?

One other idea I was toying with was the possibility of extending /
specialising the multi-attribute editor to edit more properties of an
object.

-- 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)



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