On Nov 13, 2009, at 5:29 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote: > Yep. The reason this sort of feature isn't being developed (and > hasn't > already *been* developed) is because it's neither clear how to get > it right, > even if it's assumed that it's something that actually fits into > the gEDA > paradigm! Believe me, Peter C. and I have spent many an hour in > coffee shops > puzzling over the "right way" to do this kind of thing, and still > haven't > worked it out... ;-)
And we have a cautionary example of violating the paradigm that has caused much headache: the slotting feature. Trying to make a symbol file do more than bind graphics to a single set of relations is perilous. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ [email protected] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
