Hi Stuart, Should I file a bug report?
Should have said: I'm running the 64bit debs from the Mepis 8 repos on a dual core Athlon machine. 2009/5/18 Stuart Brorson <s...@cloud9.net>: > Hi -- > >> Say I have attributes A, B , and D in my schematic and I want to add a >> new attribute C to all the components. >> >> All my components have attribute information already entered for each >> of A, B and D. >> >> When I run gattrib, I get a table with column headings A, B and D with >> data under each of the relevant columns. >> >> If I add now a new column C then a new column heading for C is >> inserted between columns B and D and the existing column D heading is >> shifted one column to the right. >> >> However, the existing column contents do not. So, the column contents >> that were originally under column heading D are now under column >> heading C whilst the column under heading D is empty. >> >> If I save this then of course all the component attribute values that >> were originally named D are now named C. > > Sound like a bug. > >> If instead, before I run gattrib, I add the new attribute to at least >> one instance of a component in the schematic then of course when >> gattrib is run the table has all four column headings A, B, C and D >> with the attribute data in the right columns. > > Sounds correct. > >> Is that the expected behaviour of this version of gattrib? > > No, you have a bug. I don't recall it behaving this way long ago, but > it's been quite a while since I last hacked or used gattrib. > >> I ask because the current gattrib readme implies it is no longer >> necessary to add the new attribute to at least one instance of a >> component in the schematic. > > The README is probably older than the "insert column" feature. > > Stuart > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > -- Cheers, Andy. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user