Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-16 Thread Peter TB Brett
On Sunday 16 January 2011 17:22:06 Peter Clifton wrote: > On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 08:03 -0800, Colin D Bennett wrote: > > On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:47:19 + > > > > Peter Clifton wrote: > > > Are there any use-cases for invisible text which is not an > > > attribute? Since it might exist already th

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-16 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 08:03 -0800, Colin D Bennett wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:47:19 + > Peter Clifton wrote: > > > Are there any use-cases for invisible text which is not an attribute? > > Since it might exist already though - we MAY have to add an: > > "Invisble [x]" option to the text

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-16 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:47:19 + Peter Clifton wrote: > Are there any use-cases for invisible text which is not an attribute? > Since it might exist already though - we MAY have to add an: > "Invisble [x]" option to the text edit dialogue box. I often include lines or even paragraphs of invisi

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-15 Thread Stephan Boettcher
Vanessa Ezekowitz writes: > On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:25:39 + > Peter Clifton wrote: > >> On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 09:10 -0600, John Griessen wrote: >> > On 01/15/2011 06:59 AM, Stephan Boettcher wrote: >> > > Yes, please! >> > > >> > +1 >> >> Consider it napalmed. > > Napalmed ain't enough - I w

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-15 Thread Peter TB Brett
> > Consider it napalmed. > > Napalmed ain't enough - I want that option *nuked* (from orbit yet).   It's the only way to be sure.                   Peter -- Peter Brett Remote Sensing Research Group Surrey Space Centre ___ geda-user mailing l

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-15 Thread Vanessa Ezekowitz
On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:25:39 + Peter Clifton wrote: > On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 09:10 -0600, John Griessen wrote: > > On 01/15/2011 06:59 AM, Stephan Boettcher wrote: > > > Yes, please! > > > > > +1 > > Consider it napalmed. Napalmed ain't enough - I want that option *nuked* (from orbit yet).

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-15 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Markus Hitter wrote: > One use-case would be to quickly inspect all of these attributes. It > makes a difference wether you see attributes in a seperate sheet vs. > you see them right next to each symbol. I regularly do this for the footprint attribute with Attributes -> Show/Hide_Spe

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-15 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 09:10 -0600, John Griessen wrote: > On 01/15/2011 06:59 AM, Stephan Boettcher wrote: > > Yes, please! > > > +1 Consider it napalmed. -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-15 Thread John Griessen
On 01/15/2011 06:59 AM, Stephan Boettcher wrote: Yes, please! +1 John ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-15 Thread Stephan Boettcher
Peter Clifton writes: > On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 07:54 +, Peter TB Brett wrote: >> - Original message - >> > What is the point of the command Make Inv Text Vis in gschem, other than >> > aggravating me. >> >> Good question. I'm not aware of a use-case for it either. At the very >> lea

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-15 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 07:06 -0500, Bob Paddock wrote: > I don't know if it applies to the feature you are discussing or not, > but I have a use case where I need to turn off global visibility of > values for items. > In any normal schematic, destined for a PCB layout, there is normally > a designat

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-15 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 10:43 +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: > > Lets kill it with fire. > > One use-case would be to quickly inspect all of these attributes. It > makes a difference wether you see attributes in a seperate sheet vs. > you see them right next to each symbol. For that we have Edit->

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-15 Thread Bob Paddock
>> Lets kill it with fire. > > One use-case would be to quickly inspect all of these attributes. It makes a > difference wether you see attributes in a seperate sheet vs. you see them > right next to each symbol. I don't know if it applies to the feature you are discussing or not, but I have a use

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-15 Thread Markus Hitter
Am 15.01.2011 um 09:47 schrieb Peter Clifton: On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 07:54 +, Peter TB Brett wrote: - Original message - What is the point of the command Make Inv Text Vis in gschem, other than aggravating me. Good question. I'm not aware of a use-case for it either. At the

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-15 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 07:54 +, Peter TB Brett wrote: > - Original message - > > What is the point of the command Make Inv Text Vis in gschem, other than > > aggravating me. > > Good question. I'm not aware of a use-case for it either. At the very > least, it should be undo-able. Ple

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-14 Thread Peter TB Brett
- Original message - > What is the point of the command Make Inv Text Vis in gschem, other than > aggravating me. Good question. I'm not aware of a use-case for it either. At the very least, it should be undo-able. Please file a bug report. Peter -- Peter Brett Remote Se

Re: gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-14 Thread Mark Rages
On Friday, January 14, 2011, Oliver King-Smith wrote: >   What is the point of the command Make Inv Text Vis in gschem, other >   than aggravating me.  I mean putting next to the Show Hide Inv Text is >   just plain mean.  And there is no way to change a bunch of stuff back >   to invisible if

gEDA-user: Rant about "Make Inv Text Vis"

2011-01-14 Thread Oliver King-Smith
What is the point of the command Make Inv Text Vis in gschem, other than aggravating me. I mean putting next to the Show Hide Inv Text is just plain mean. And there is no way to change a bunch of stuff back to invisible if you fail to notice your error. You have to go through ever