Folks, It seems to me that a missing feature of the gschem library mechanism is a simple way for users to learn what each library is for. I guess many users won't know what "IEC 60417" or "SWITCAP" are about without some research. And even when the library refers to some manufacturer's line, it may not be obvious where to look for further documentation. What you find at www.maxim.com is carbon-based, not silicon ;-)
Given that my Mathematica netlister is part of the standard release, it probably makes sense to put the special symbols I use with it into the released library. But I believe that without a library overview feature, this would confuse people. I'm also trying to put my library of OpenIP symbols into a releasable state, but who will know what these are for? PCB users might be rather vexed! Some library symbols have documentation= attributes, but that isn't the same as having a library overview. Also, it would be nice to be able to check the doc *before* placing the symbol to see its what you want. It seems to me that it would be handy to have a "Documentation" button on the component selector panel. With a library selected, it could bring up "README.html" from the library in a browser. With a component selected, it could bring up the documentation= info from the symbol file. I think HTML is particularly appropriate here because I think the library documentation will generally contain references to additional external documents. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
