That's why I suspect this is just a feature that hasn't been done rather than an actual bug.
I would recommend the following method for updating attributes:
- On loading symbols, symbol attributes are compared against component attributes that were inherited from the symbol
- Any formatting changes are simply copied from the symbol attribute to the component attribute
- If the attribute has been deleted from the symbol, remove it from the component
- If there is a new visible attribute on the symbol, add it to the component
I would also make formatting and position of inherited component attributes non-editable. I accidentally move my component attributes all the time. We would need probably need some sort of flag on the attribute saying that it was inherited.
Bill
Sribalan Santhanam wrote:
If its implemented, its not clear which way it needs to be implemented.
Most cases, I want the older attributes to be left as is. I just don't want newer version of the same attributes of the new version of the symbol
to be promoted to cause duplicates.
In other cases, I want to nix the old attributes, and update
the component.
May require a switch in the pulldown menu options.
/sri
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Cox Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 3:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: gEDA-user:
Familie Kaiser wrote: ...
b. When I update a component, the older promoted attributes of the
original component remain (like the refdes number, sizes etc). As a
I think this is problably more of a feature that never got implemented than a bug.resultIt's a bug. Delete the symbol and load it new
I get duplicate attributes and I have to delete the duplicates. Is this
a bug or is there a switch to turn this off?
However, I'd love to see this feature implemented. It's pretty high on my wish-list for gschem. This feature is probably something that some of us out here could help Ales with. Any interest?
Bill
