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Subject: Re: [geda-user] speed-dial type buttons
From: John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com>
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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:17:47 -0400
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On Aug 26, 2015, at 10:50 AM, John Griessen <john AT ecosensory DOT com> wrote:

> On 08/25/2015 05:23 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>> I almost want to write a netlister that lets you move files and the
>> functions that process them around in a schematic so that you have a
>> graphical view of workflow.
>> gschem -> schematic file -> gnetlist -> makefile
> +1, and also for verilog and VHDL, verilog is my favorite.
> 
> "be a netlister" is an odd thing for a GUI though,

Yes.

> I would skip the idea of having several versions of netlists internal and unnamed
> for gschem uses, and instead just have the versions be external files with names
> based on the base schematic name:
> 
> sch_name-orig.net
> sch_name-as-drawn.net
> sch_name-as-layout.net
> 
> for purposes of checking forward and back annotations.
> 

Yes, because then when the project gets big and you get tired of pushing buttons, the makefile can take over. This approach is friendly to pattern rules.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com