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From: Kai-Martin Knaak <knaak AT iqo DOT uni-hannover DOT de>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] gsch2pcb -- remind me how it works
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 23:49:28 +0200
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DJ Delorie wrote:

> 
> Perhaps the key is the 'a' suffix - lower case letters on the ends of
> refdes's are treated differently between the various tools, so you
> should avoid them.

Any chance to get rid of this special case magic? It has hurt students 
over here more than once.
How about an option in gafrc that needs to be set if you really want 
"refdes=*a" to be treated diffent than "refdes=*A"?


> Slotted components should have the *same* refdes.
> 
> Assigning a footprint to each slot is OK as long as they're the same.
> If they're different, it's undefined which one "wins".

Fortunately, gnetlist throughs a warning on conflicting values since about 
two years. Unfortunately, gnetlist also warns if the attribute is not set 
at all for some of the set of symbols with the same refdes. I'd say, 
setting the footprint attribute only once is not only ok but better than 
setting it at every instance.

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