Re: gEDA-dev: idea for power pins

[John Doty <jpd-at-NOSPAMnoqsi_dot_com>]

On Nov 12, 2008, at 1:49 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:

>
>> Why put in in the schematic?
>
> So it gets printed with the rest of the schematic?
>

Well, in my designs the printout contains schematics, descriptive  
documentation, bill of materials, etc. It's the Makefile's  
responsibility to perform the necessary machinations to assemble all  
of these into a document. That can include using formatting tools to  
make the text pretty.

For big connectors, I sometimes like to print two views: one sorted  
by pin number and one sorted by net name. Trivial if the information  
is in a three column file.

It's also easier to edit text in a text file than to edit text in a  
graphics file.

For me, radical flexibility is gEDA's great strength. Separating  
textual and graphical design information would, from my point of  
view, keep and enhance that strength here.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd@noqsi.com




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