Re: gEDA-user: gschem saving symbols

[Steven Michalske <smichalske@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 16, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Colin D Bennett <colin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:55:57 -0700 (PDT)
> Josh Jordan <outerspaceman81@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> I could implement a save-symbol-as capability.  Can anyone familiar
>> with gschem code outline a 'right' way to this?  Should I add another
>> option to Hierarchy "down modified symbol" and change the other to
>> "down original symbol"?  Or would it be better to add a 'save symbol
>> as' function to the right-click menu that operates on selected
>> objects?  Should I try not to change libgeda? Thanks,Josh Jordan
> 
> Maybe it is useful to make the distinction between a _symbol_, and the
> _instance_ of that symbol in your schematic to which you have attached
> new attributes.  (I think these are the terms I've heard the gschem
> devs use...)
> 
> Then you could have a “Save Symbol Instance As...” to create a new
> symbol file on disk containing the original symbol with your
> modifications applied.
> 
+1

> Regards,
> Colin
> 
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