gEDA-dev: Clarity or Sanity?

[John Griessen]

al davis wrote:

> One feature I would really like is a way to back-annotate those 
> changes, a way to update the schematic other than manually 
> changing the values.

I like the idea of a separate place for commands to simulators via symbols on the schematic
that are probes -- a pictorial symbol of a lab instrument.  The separate place should be
non-volatile and outside the schematic, so it's a file.   If you are using DBUS or any IPC
to do cross probing and back annotating that method should also update the file with every
change, and take in every change to the file.  In other words any IPC dealing with back annotation
should poll the probes file and keep it in sync with the memory resident version of it.

And so far, that probes file seems to be best made in resource file format.

As far as including scheme code to execute and worry about "danger" of doing that --
go right ahead.  Just live with the danger, and create some other HID based
user interface for irresponsible users to play with safely.  I think we should leave
creation of "limited" versions of anything to future hired work done by gEDA consultants.

John Griessen