gEDA-dev: State of the symbols library

[Steve Meier]

In my view,

Graphical symbols are used to lable nets, such as the power and ground
symbols. So does gnetlist ignore them? Doesn't it at least use them to
name a net?

Hierarchical Symbols are a different beast. But, I also agree with
Stuart that the pins of the symbol have to make the connection to the
attached schematic.

Steve Meier

John Doty wrote:
> On Jun 30, 2007, at 6:13 PM, Stuart Brorson wrote:
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>   
>> I'll add my $0.02 here.
>>
>> You can have a pure graphical with pins in the case that you want to
>> create a hierarchical design:  The graphical is just a  top-level
>> symbol indicating a lower-level schematic or subsection of a whole
>> design.  If you do "down" on the graphical, then you end up opening up
>> the lower level.
>>
>> You need pins on the top-level graphical to allow connection of nets
>> which need to show up on the lower level.
>>     
>
> I'm puzzled by this. If you want the pins to connect, you need the  
> symbol not to be graphical.
>
> But I do agree that gsymcheck should simply ignore the the contents  
> of a graphical symbol. After all, that's what gnetlist does...
>
> John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
> http://www.noqsi.com/
> jpd at noqsi.com
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