On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Ales Hvezda wrote: > Hi, > > >John Doty wrote: > >> Click on the component to select it. From the menu bar, choose > >> Hierarchy>Down Symbol, or use the Hs keyboard shortcut. You'll shift from > >> editting the schematic to editting the symbol, and its filename will > >> appear in the state bar at the at bottom of the window. Do Hierarchy>Up or > >> Hu to get back to your schematic. > > > >Thanks John, that's exactly what I was looking for. > > > > *cringe* > > That's an interesting way of getting the filename, but let me be > the first to say... "gross" :) Thanks for finding this workaround, John.
I've been doing this in gschem for a couple of years. It seemed perfectly natural, but now the master tells me it's a *workaround*. My head is hanging in shame ;-) Seriously, for my development flow this is important. I'll start out using the "generic" symbols from the gEDA library, but as they accrete additional specs (tolerance, voltage, temp range, dielectric, ...) I'll replace them with symbols from a library I construct specifically for a project or group of projects. So the question "does this symbol belong to this project" comes up. In the end, I wind up with a custom library that represents the kinds of components a project is using. This is useful for inventory and procurement. It helps me avoid specifying too many different kinds of parts. I've been organizing projects this way for many years, first with Viewlogic and now with gEDA. John Doty "You can't confuse me, that's my job." MIT-related mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Other mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
