Re: gEDA-user: gschem symbols -- why use simple text for device name?

[Stefan Salewski <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am Mittwoch, den 10.09.2008, 13:42 +0200 schrieb Bernd Jendrissek:
> 
> My abstract-symbols branch makes this more manageable, IMHO.  You edit
> the "part" side of the component to carry the right part name, not the
> "symbol" side, which is just a generic NAND gate.  I've attached an
> example that you can use with my branch; fiddle with the refdes and
> part attributes on the DIP-like symbol at the bottom (that's the
> "part" side), and watch the attributes on the "symbol" side (the NAND
> symbol at the top) change automagically.  You can also change the slot
> assignment: either edit the "slotname" attribute directly, or press eS
> and choose a slot from the dialog.
> 

This is an interesting concept. Currently I can not test it because I
have your abstract-symbols branch of gschem not installed.

I think a plain solution is to use value attribute instead of plain text
for not fully static symbol labels, i.e. 

value=7404

value=78xx

for Hex Inverter or Voltage Regulator.

I have seen this in symbols of Kai-Martin, while nearly all symbols
shipped with gEDA use plain, unflexible text labels like "7404" which
can not be moved around or changed to "74HCT04".

Best regards

Stefan Salewski




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