On Aug 8, 2010, at 3:55 PM, kai-martin knaak wrote: > John Doty wrote: > >> In gEDA, we have a facility for designating "slots" in components. >> However, as DJ has pointed out, it is actually a general pin remapping >> facility, and can be productively used as such. > > Unfortunately, it is just that -- a pin remapping facility. Slotting in > other EDA packages allows for much more: Different symbols that belong to > the same entity.
We have no need for that. It "just works" without any special facility. That's the best kind of software. > Hints on which sub-symbols a layout application might swap. Is that really necessary? I don't think so. > And more. More things to trip over, you mean. > Compared to this, geda slotting is pathetically rigid. How so? GEDA "slotting" remaps pins, and any more "features" would *increase* rigidity. gEDA is the epitome of flexibility here: "anything goes". > In addition, there is no way to trigger reslotting from outside the GUI. Pretty trivial to write an AWK script to do so. 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
