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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:02:17 -0400
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Feature Request for GSCHEM
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> Do I understand correctly that you want to be able to add notes to a
> schematic which are not visible in the editor window and in the printout
> but which can be viewed in some other way?
>
> You can always add a custom invisible attribute to a component (e.g.,
> comment=) and view it in the attribute editor.  Would it solve your
> problem if the value of this attribute was displayed in a tooltip?
>

Yes, you understand me correctly.

So then, I'd have to probably create a symbol, small, that sits
somewhere on the sheet (maybe several scattered around the sheet).
That symbol contains whatever info that seems useful. So yes, that's a
potential solution.

I like the tooltip idea.

thanks