On Wednesday 11 July 2007 18:10:22 John Doty wrote: > On Jul 11, 2007, at 5:38 AM, Ales Hvezda wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Question for the list, how would you feel if gschem's default storage > > mechanism changed from referencing to embedding placed symbols? > > Instead of > > just referencing the symbols, the symbols would be automatically > > embedded > > into the schematic. > > Given that you can't edit an embedded symbol right now, I think this > undesirable. Especially since I often find myself making wholesale > alterations to a multi-sheet design by editing a symbol. AD5601 not > available? Easy to switch to AD5621 when your symbols are in a > project directory, harder when they're embedded. And in ASIC design, > I'm often tinkering with the building blocks. There, a stale symbol > could be big trouble. > > I'm notorious for getting pin numbers wrong. Easy to fix with > referenced symbols, not so easy with embedded. >
This is from my idea of only having a single copy of the symbol embedded which
is referenced by one or more instances.
When you update one instance, you update them all.
Peter
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