On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 13:47 -0500, Mark Rages wrote: > In http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:scg, referring to the "device=" attribute: > > > This attribute should not be used as a label. Use a separate text object > > for the label. > > What is the reasoning behind this? This is pointless redundancy. > And it makes using "light" symbols harder, because you need different > symbols for different device= attributes, or else there is no > schematic-visible way to differentiate between them. >
True. I have replaced the plain text like "74HC04" in my symbols with attributes. I used value attribute. I did this for the reasons you mentioned above. I ask about it on this list -- no reply, so it may be OK. > Also, I notice that the power supply symbols have a separate text > label and hidden net= label with a ":1" appended. In fact, it is > necesary to append a :1 to the end of any net= attribute. This is > ugly. And it makes the redundant text label necessary to avoid adding > the information-free ":1" onto the schematic. > I asked about this on the list too. Redundancy is indeed bad -- my decision is to make the net= a visible attribute. So the :1 for pin 1 is visible too -- not too ugly, but it may confuse other people. > Would anyone be opposed to having the netlister assume a :1 for net= > attributes without a colon? There was a patch for this available, but it did not make it in the official code. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
