Johnny Rosenberg wrote: >> Because the footprint information can be scanned at a glance >> in the schematic. The footprint needs attention just like the >> value or the refdes. So it is convenient to have it visible >> by default. If I don't want to see the footprint attributes in >> finished design I can still hide them with "Hide specific text" >> in the attributes menu. > > But if it is invisible, won't it show up with ”Show specific text” in the > same menu?
Typically, I need to look at footprints during design. Hide them for beauty is at a later stage. So I like to have them visible by default. > Maybe off topic, but really, why a license at all, when I really don't > care what people do with the symbols anyway? To the law there is nothing like "no license" in a literal sense. > By the way, I was searching for information about the sym file format, but > I didn't find much. (...) > Can anyone point me to some place where I can learn > everything about this? > see http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:file_format_spec This page links to all the "official" documentation: http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:documentation ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6C0B9F53 _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user