X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=M2qrCZdDTkjTK0Itg4RE55vsx43LI/sdBRmF0fjT4LA=; b=lkWJ5GIfvGfR9sN+Z3hd//CF41f7nvaSSEQCzDe8ORZvovQjO1qzU0jkKf+L2Cu+1m 2cbXbBZSbZuu4SqNI8buR3UqQ56H/EMO3HBm+0heQbPA+NAmLphu52X8OYBrkJw/nwYP Ce0lKWbETtuKkFnhHE2o9Dq9UgFO5sIzWdrIZpPoRPXYClzqMMu/49Lzd1uatS05zQgk FbahQLk3piK2BfmE14KHbXN0r46j6l2TbaN8xdx/CTPiY+b2ABerDFzFEMoGDwUO2Jw5 7/LSnUEDhlhDkhRaFEUGEBT97/pzkJTOGQRy62/KOUvaK0nc0uZEEyyxLVQvckFpciYP mLAQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.120.134 with SMTP id lc6mr8732242lbb.86.1436845188606; Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:39:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201507140314.t6E3EWAM031358@envy.delorie.com> References: <20150707060409 DOT GB14357 AT localhost DOT localdomain> <1436287952 DOT 678 DOT 26 DOT camel AT ssalewski DOT de> <559C0F7E DOT 7010009 AT neurotica DOT com> <1436295556 DOT 678 DOT 91 DOT camel AT ssalewski DOT de> <559C3778 DOT 4000105 AT neurotica DOT com> <20150708072021 DOT GB13243 AT visitor2 DOT iram DOT es> <20150713082342 DOT GB26809 AT visitor2 DOT iram DOT es> <201507131725 DOT t6DHPU2V010794 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <201507140209 DOT t6E29V39029166 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <6C481B59-D7CC-43E5-B761-AD4C5A29F4A8 AT noqsi DOT com> <201507140314 DOT t6E3EWAM031358 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 03:39:48 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] gEDA/gschem still alive? From: "Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:14 AM, DJ Delorie wrote: > >> If the wad of lines is too dense to follow without confusion, what >> good is it? > > If the wad of lines is too dense to follow, you've failed as a > designer. I've seen the dense wad of lines. I've seen engineers dump > a design and start from scratch because it was "just a wad of dense > lines" and come up with something much more understandable but just as > complex. Compromise there should be a window you can open that lists nets the wad lines are for and hides the others or at least highlights the one you are interested in when you select it. Really this should be a feature in PCB if it isn't a hidden one right now. WoW that is how you settle the issues of handling hierarchy in back annotation. Reflect the hierarchy in the list. Highlight the back annotations in red or something. >> > Because not everyone wants to do things your way. >> >> You're pushing graphics, but then you want tables in gschem, a >> graphics tool. Make up your mind. > > You're playing with semantics to argue your point. I've made up my > mind - I want small tables of related information on the same page as > the symbolic information, just like others might want text blocks, > images, simulation outputs, test data, pin numbers, or other relevant > information. > > It's not about graphics vs text. It's about putting related useful > information in a form that conveys design intent. I might have an opinion of this but I have been having trouble today finding the time to read this thread. -- Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/