Re: gEDA-user: RFC: Towards a better symbol/package pin-mapping strategy

[Bill Gatliff <bgat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Doty wrote:
> On Jun 28, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Bill Gatliff wrote:
>
>   
>> At the risk of going OT, I'll add that as I get better at following  
>> the
>> above strategy--- which is particularly helpful with more complex  
>> parts
>> like microcontrollers--- I get really frustrated at gschem's strong
>> association between pin numbers on the symbol, and pin numbers on the
>> footprint.
>>     
>
> gEDA has no such strong association. It's a product of the way you  
> *use* gEDA.
>   

Oooh, please clarify!  :)

If there's an existing way to decouple pin numbers in symbols from pin
numbers in footprints, such that I can get the Right Thing when merely
switching footprints, I'd love to hear it.



b.g.

-- 
Bill Gatliff
bgat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




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