Hi John, > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Doty > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 12:43 AM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: discussion on what busses *mean* > > > On Aug 15, 2010, at 4:15 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > I called it "bus pin" meaning a pin that connects to a bus, > vs a pin > > that connects to a net, in gschem. I mean, we already have two > > fundamental connection types in gschem - nets and busses. > Why don't > > we have two pin types that correspond? > > But in Paul's approach, every connection is a bus. There's no > separate "net" concept, just the possibility of single > conductor* busses. Eliminating unnecessary distinctions is a > good thing. So there is no need for two kinds of pins, > either. But at the graphical level, of course, one would like > to draw distinctions (often more than two). So it would be > good to have adjustable styles (at least color and width) for > both busses and pins. > > * "Conductor" is of course too specific here, given that we > have users that design hydraulics with gschem. > > John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. > http://www.noqsi.com/ > [email protected] > >
"Conduit" comes close ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
