Re: gEDA-user: [RFC/PATCH] Nicer names for default component libs

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 10:29 +0900, John Doty wrote:

> >   ("transistor" "Misc. transistors")
> > "Transistors"?
> 
> What's the problem?

It messes up the logical sort order, "T" for transistors, not "M"

> >
> >   ("io" "Generic input/output")
> > "Input / output"?
> 
> Suggest an alternative.

Notice I did, "Input / Output".

Just drop the "Generic" and "Misc" prefixes, they add un-necessarily
clutter to the list, consume horizontal real-estate, and mess up the
sort order.

> > (You might then consider "Relays (Tyco)", or just sticking them all  
> > into
> > "Relays").
> 
> What do you want here? *Any* classification scheme is going to be  
> flawed. We have classifications by technology, manufacturer,  
> modularization (think "74"), function, etc. Which one is right? Find  
> five users, get a dozen opinions. Maybe the library installer should  
> make some links...

Sure, anything is going to be flawed, I was merely voicing an idea to
have similar things get sorted close to each other, e.g.:
	....
	Relays (Other)
	Relays (Tyco)
	....

As opposed to:
	...
	Misc. relays
	...
	Tyco relays
	...


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Peter Clifton

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Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
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