On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Stefan Salewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many symbols shipped with gEDA/gschem use simple text to display the > name of the device, i.e. "MAX232" or "7404". > > Tragesym does this too -- so I did this for my own symbols. > > But is this really a good choice? > I think there are at least three disadvantages: > > 1. If I use a logic symbol like "7404" I may need a special variant like > "74HTC04" (other may not work) so I will modify the name. > > 2. I flip (mirror) a symbol in the schematic. In most rectangular > symbols refdes is on the right top corner by default and name on the > left top corner. If I flip the symbol, this is exchanged, and I can not > move name back to the left. > > 3. I had some rare cases where the device name like "7404" was displayed > at a location which was not well suited for my schematic, but is is not > possible to move it. > > So why not use attributes for visible name, i.e. device= ?
I use a manufacturer_part_number attribute for the visible name. When I setup my master parts list it will just be part_number. (* jcl *) -- http://www.luciani.org _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user