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From: Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk AT familieknaak DOT de>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] Pin mapping (separate symbols from mappings)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 04:46:52 +0200
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DJ Delorie wrote:

> My way of using it would be to have symbols keep their symbolic pin
> "numbers" like A,B,Y or B,C,E.  Footprints would have numeric pin
> numbers as usual.  The "package" would include a mapping from
> symbolic to numeric pins for that package.  The netlister would
> apply the conversion based on which "package" was chosen.
> 
Yes, that's what I was thinking, too. 
My six TO92 footprints with all possible modifications of E, C and B 
are really an improvised band-aid to make symbolic pin "numbers" work 
within the current framework.

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