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> My use of gschem is not at gate level, it is at block level, and here
> the need for quick and reliable connection of wide buses is key for
> efficient use.

Buses certainly are useful. They work almost like a cable with several signals.

If looking at a symbol there are named pins and for a bus pin these signals are connected to one pin. For efficient use then connecting a signal to a bus pin there must be a method to select which signal on the bus pin it should be connected to and connections with other names should not be allowed.

> In my view it is only generic if all backends do exactly the same text
> processing and use exactly the same attribute names. I don't think
> that is generic enough. But I may be wrong.
> 
> -- 
> Svenn

It is generic because almost anything which could be represented as symbols connected by lines could be drawn.


Nicklas Karlsson