Hello! The recent discussion on geda-user triggered me to propose more universal way of handling opwer pins. This should allow to introduce eagle style IC power supply symbols in gEDA wihout loss of compatibility with existing system.
1) All net= atributes inside symbols should be replaced with another one (named "power" or something like). The new attribute can have the same syntax for easy transition. 2) An utilty in gschem (or external tool) should look into the symbol and: a) create net= attributes based on internal power= attributes to make gaf style power nets. This net= attributes are external so they can be easily edited if necessary. or: b1) insert a predefined power symbol for parts with standard power pinning (7/14, 8/16 or so) or b2) insert an embedded symbol specially crafted if no standard power symbol is found (optional?) The "b" way gives eagle style power distribution. The solution should be forward and almost backward compatible with current geda releases. Wojciech Kazubski
