Re: gEDA-user: first impressions on gaf v1.2.0

[Levente <leventelist@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Albertson <albertson.chris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 1) Each usr has a local copy of all the tracks
> 
> 2) It is very easy to add to this local copy.
>   2.1) Can import from local file system
>   2.2) Can import from "standard" media like CD
>   2.3) can buy from online store
> 
> 3) The local library is a linear (flat) unsorted list.  It has no structure
> or
> order.  However, for display it can be sorted on any of two dozen attributes
> while at the same time selection criteria can be applied

Full ACK. That is the way my SQL based component chooser system works. Each
symbol is in one directory, and the chooser coppies the choosen one to the
project locoal symbol directory.

> 4) It is very easy to make custom subsets of the list.  You can specify a
> subset by either selecting what to include or by giving some rules that act
> like live filters.  Users can organize these subsets into folders and
> subfolders
> Very importent concept is that when a track is placed into one of these
> subsets
> it is there by refference only. So it can be placed into many different
> subsets.
> This is much more powerful than a simply hierarchical  organization.
> 
> Choosing a symbol is not exactly the same thing as choosing music but
> it's close enough that borrowing ideas from a popular music player might
> payoff.
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