> What's the crux of the heavy/light argument? Why can't a symbol file > have a light description, and an associated heavy description in a > separate file, and have it so when a user adds the component, she > chooses which 'heavy' attributes to include? Granted I've been using > gEDA for three days and have no idea what I'm talking about, but isn't > light/heavy a false choice?
This is discussed in the gEDA wiki: http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq-gschem#what_s_this_business_about_heavy_vs._light_symbols Stuart