gEDA-user: database driven component chooser - part II

[Peter TB Brett]

On Wednesday 03 October 2007 21:00:32 Levente wrote:
> Peter Clifton <pcjc2 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> > Sorry, I've not been following in great detail how the database works.
> > Here are two thoughts though - neither, either or both might be useful.
> >
> > 1. Peter B wrote a lot of code to allow arbitrary guile functions, or
> > external programs to be used as parts library sources - so if you can
> > run an SQL query and uniquely indentify all components available - this
> > can be fed straight into a source for the components library.
>
> It would be nice if someone (Peter B ?) told me about the this API. But the
> problem is that I'd need a mechanism to attach attributes *after* the
> symbol placed.

I did.  I posted many RFCs[1], patches and code snippets to the list.  I put 
detailed Doxygen comments in libgeda/src/s_clib.c (there are more comments 
that C code in that file).  In fact, I publicised my work about as much as I 
felt I could get away with without being accused of be an attention-seeker.  
I don't like to be accused of not doing things which I have, in fact, done!

(At least) these threads are applicable:

  http://archives.seul.org/geda/dev/May-2007/msg00133.html
  http://archives.seul.org/geda/dev/May-2007/msg00164.html
  http://archives.seul.org/geda/dev/May-2007/msg00265.html

I went into A LOT of detail about what I was doing.  Maybe I should start 
spamming the mailing list monthly about how wonderful my code is and how 
everyone should be using it. ;)

                           Peter


[1] Is there actually any point in me posting detailed discussions of my ideas 
for improving gEDA?  It seems like no-one can ever be bothered to give me any 
useful feedback or criticism, constructive or otherwise.  At the moment, it 
feels like I'm pouring my creativity into a black hole, to be perfectly 
honest.  If people really do think, "Go away, we don't care," then I'll do 
just that.


-- 
Peter Brett

Electronic Systems Engineer
Integral Informatics Ltd
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