Re: gEDA-user: gattrib: Adding new attribute columns

[Andy Fierman <andyfierman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stuart,

Should I file a bug report?

Should have said: I'm running the 64bit debs from the Mepis 8 repos on
a dual core Athlon machine.

2009/5/18 Stuart Brorson <sdb@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi --
>
>> Say I have attributes A, B , and D in my schematic and I want to add a
>> new attribute C to all the components.
>>
>> All my components have attribute information already entered for each
>> of A, B and D.
>>
>> When I run gattrib, I get a table with column headings A, B and D with
>> data under each of the relevant columns.
>>
>> If I add now a new column C then a new column heading for C is
>> inserted between columns B and D and the existing column D heading is
>> shifted one column to the right.
>>
>> However, the existing column contents do not. So, the column contents
>> that were originally under column heading D are now under column
>> heading C whilst the column under heading D is empty.
>>
>> If I save this then of course all the component attribute values that
>> were originally named D are now named C.
>
> Sound like a bug.
>
>> If instead, before I run gattrib, I add the new attribute to at least
>> one instance of a component in the schematic then of course when
>> gattrib is run the table has all four column headings A, B, C and D
>> with the attribute data in the right columns.
>
> Sounds correct.
>
>> Is that the expected behaviour of this version of gattrib?
>
> No, you have a bug.  I don't recall it behaving this way long ago, but
> it's been quite a while since I last hacked or used gattrib.
>
>> I ask because the current gattrib readme implies it is no longer
>> necessary to add the new attribute to at least one instance of a
>> component in the schematic.
>
> The README is probably older than the "insert column" feature.
>
> Stuart
>
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-- 
Cheers,

         Andy.


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