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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Improved Find
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On Aug 2, 2015, at 4:52 PM, Edward Hennessy (ehennes AT sbcglobal DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> 
>> On Aug 2, 2015, at 11:52 AM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Do you have two source attribs in the symbol, or do you have a
>>> symbol ab.sym in the schematc a.sch, where the symbol have a 
>>> source=b.sch attribute ?
>> 
>> Two source attribs in the symbol. Like slotdef, you can have as many source attribs as you need in a symbol. This could be considered a design defect: how do you promote and override this sort of attrib? Maybe these should be multi-line instead.
> 
> In the find text code, the source attribute is parsed as a comma separated list, but only the first item is used.

I don’t know why this is.

> Should the source attribute be a comma separated list?

It should be whatever gnetlist wants to see. Gnetlist is the tool that must traverse the hierarchy to do its job. A little hierarchy support in gschem is handy, but rigorous hierarchy support in gnetlist is essential.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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