Re: gEDA-user: Reinventing the wheel

[Russell Dill <Russ.Dill@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Stephan Boettcher
<boettcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kai-Martin Knaak <knaak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Stephan Boettcher wrote:
>>
>>> The way to promote gedasymbols and to fix the default library is to
>>> remove the default library, except for a small set of very generic
>>> symbols.
>>
>> ack.
>> This set of symbols should provide the ability to start working as is
>> and generally be examples for complete working symbols. That is, they
>> should contain footprint attributes. And when applicable simulation
>> attributes, too. HOWTOs and manuals may refer to these items.
>
> nack. ÂThere is no way for a footprint attribute to be generic.
>
> These symbols shall exactly not be examples, and exactly not just work.
>
> They shall be symbols that can be use as they are for any workflow, by
> adding the required attributes after instantiation, or by editing a copy
> in a project lib, i.e., the first easy steps in learning symbol editing.
>

No, but what would be really cool is if gschem knew about PCB symbols
so that when you open the properties window, footprint is a dropdown
list of available PCB footprints.


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