Re: gEDA-user: Slotting

[msokolov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Sokolov)]

DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The idea I had a while back was to use symbolic pin names in the
> symbols, and map symbolic pin names to physical pin numbers as part of
> the "heavyification" of the symbol.  The physical pin numbers are
> added to the symbol at that point.

That's exactly how my uEDA handles it.

> The syntax for slots would be
> expanded, to allow for multiple levels of grouping (like, all nand
> gates, then all inputs for each nand gate) - slots vs pin groups, for
> example.

uEDA's handling of slots is a somewhat more primitive version of what
you describe, but it's tied in with the pin name -> pin number mechanism,
i.e., there is a mapping from pinname:slot to pinnumber.  Not the gEDA
way; uEDA has no concept of pinseq.

MS


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