gEDA-bug: [ geda-Feature Requests-1745718 ] Auto-translate symbols

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Feature Requests item #1745718, was opened at 2007-06-30 14:11
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Category: libgeda
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Peter Brett (peter-b)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Auto-translate symbols

Initial Comment:
The necessity of translating symbols to the origin is a pain.

Forgetting to do so when creating a symbol is quite a common occurrence; it's confusing for new users; and it's quite easy to get it wrong (e.g. having the grid set wrong leading to off-grid pins).

It also limits where attributes can be placed around the periphery of the symbol.

Ideally, when loading a symbol, gschem/libgeda should make a "best-effort" attempt to auto-translate it in a way that will lead to least surprise.

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