gEDA-dev: Diode symbols in GSchem and PCB

[Christian Viller Hansen]

Stuart Brorson wrote:
> FWIW, gattrib has the hooks in place to edit pinnumber attributes.
> This would make the business of fixing pinouts a lot easier than it is
> now.  However, finalizing this requires us to be able to promote
> pinnumber attributes out of the sym file and into the schematic.  We
> have discussed this off and on for a couple of years, but haven't done 
> anything with it.   Enabling pin attribute promotion would also
> facilitate back-anno from PCB, which is another reason to pick up this
> project soon.

I think that would be a really good idea. Right now I find it a bit 
frustrating to have to maintain my own symbols in order to follow Bill 
Wilsons guide-lines. It would also be a nice opportunity to remove all 
those heavy symbols from the library.