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Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 07:32:08 +0600
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On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:49:21 +0400
Vladimir Zhbanov <vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

> It seems to me a cue in the connection point lets the user see
> during schematic capture that the bus connection exists in the
> point.

Then it's already broken from, at least, version 1.62:
http://i.imgur.com/GLJZamZ.png (How to reproduce: 1. Draw single bus with
90-degree turn; 2. Draw another bus and connect it to the turning point of
first bus). And nobody cares about this.

> > I think in a similar way, but there is a small problem: can't come up how to
> > send these values to libgeda and libgedacairo functions. Now I see two
> > possible ways: add argument to o_..._new and cue drawing function or add
> > new properties for TOPLEVEL and EdaRenderer objects. And I dislike them
> > both (due to obvious API changing).
> 
> What's wrong with API changing? Can it break your workflow? :)

No, something much worse: required volume of work. Especially because now
(is I can see from sources) there is no "official" way to parse new config files
at startup instead of rereading at every movement.

-- 
С уважением, Алексей Шапошников.