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Subject: [geda-user] Multiple footprint attributes in gschem symbols?
From: Stefan Salewski <mail AT ssalewski DOT de>
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Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:46:53 +0100
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There exist devices like special DC/DC-converters, micro-controllers and
other special parts, which are available in two or three footprints,
like DIP8 and SO8. (With identical function and pin numbering!)

How do we specify these two footprints in symbols?

I am asking because I intend to display the variants in an editable
GtkComboBox in the attribute editor.

footprint_1=DIP8
footprint_2=SO8

or

footprint=DIP8, SO8

may be fine for the symbol file, so we can use

footprint=DIP8

in the schematic file for users selection?

Or is there already a more advanced handling in gschem 1.8?
(I think it was not in 1.4 and early 1.6.x, and I can not find much
about this topic in the documentation.)

Best regards,

Stefan Salewski