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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:56:31 -0400
From: "Don Wooton (dtwooton AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
To: "gene glick (geneglick AT optonline DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] Feature Request for GSCHEM
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I would rather see a tooltip= attribute rather than overloading
one of the others.

    - Don

On Apr 26, gene glick (geneglick AT optonline DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] propounded certain bytes, to wit:
> Subject: Re: [geda-user] Feature Request for GSCHEM
>
> > 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
>-- End of excerpt from gene glick (geneglick AT optonline DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]'