On Thursday 13 January 2005 00:05, Peter Kaiser wrote:
> > Someone mentioned a separate attribute dialog in the geda-user
> > list. It may look like this:
> > --------------------------
> > already promoted attributes:
> > refdes= [textfield containing "U?] [deletebutton]
correction:
refdes= [textfield containing "U?] [promotebutton]
if the textfield is empty, delete the attribute
> > .....
> > .....
> > availlable attributes inside the symbol:
> > symversion= [textfield containing "1.0"] [promotebutton]
> > .....
> > ....
> > possible other attributes:
> > value= [] [promotebutton]
> > model= [] [promotebutton]
> > -----------------------------
>
> Interesting idea.
>
> How do you want to handle this? Are all attributes always in the
> schematic database?
I guess that, haven't looked at that yet. You can show all invisible
attributes. At the moment you can not access them, but they're there.
> Or will the attribute be removed from the schematic database when you
> press the delete button?
Only the attribute of the component. It will still exist inside the
symbol.
> Is it copied from the symbol to the
> schematic when pressing the promote button?
Yes, that is the idea.
After promotion the attribute will be inside the component and still
inside the symbol.
It will be the same kind of action, that you can use to overwrite an
existing footprint for example.
regards
Werner
