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Subject: Re: [Geda-developers] [geda-user] Revert "Reset refdes number to the question mark when parts are copied"
From: Edward Hennessy <ehennes AT sbcglobal DOT net>
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On Sep 8, 2013, at 12:08 PM, Peter TB Brett <peter AT peter-b DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

> Edward Hennessy <ehennes AT sbcglobal DOT net> writes:
> 
>> On Sep 8, 2013, at 9:49 AM, Peter Clifton <pcjc2 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sun, 2013-09-08 at 09:23 -0700, Edward Hennessy wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Do you intend to check your script in, so the functionality is present in
>>>> geda-gaf, and the user can select it in a configuration file?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'll attach it to the bug, but currently do not have the time to add it
>>> to the build. (TBH, I need to make sure it still _works_ after all the
>>> scheme API work).
>> 
>> 
>> If one of the scheme experts adds it at some point in the near future,
>> that would be much appreciated.
> 
> I'm not going to be able to get to it for at least a week because I'll
> be on holiday.

The delay will not cause a problem for me and thanks for looking into it.
This functionality will save time when cutting and pasting common parts like
bypass/decoupling capacitors, pull-up resistors, etc... 

>> It seems to me that the function to reset the refdes belongs in libgeda,
>> but should be called from the scheme hook instead of the gschem source
>> code. This way, the functionality is both configurable and the gaf
>> command line tool could use the functionality in the future to reset
>> all refdes for a schematic.
> 
> The gaf command line tool can already access all Scheme code in the
> library (via `gaf shell').
> 

Would there be a way to use the tool to reset all the refdes on a series
of flat schematics?

Cheers,
Ed