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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Revert "Reset refdes number to the question mark when parts are copied"
From:	Edward Hennessy <ehennes AT sbcglobal DOT net>
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On Sep 8, 2013, at 6:10 AM, Peter Clifton <pcjc2 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:

> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Unless someone provides a convincing argument against, I'm intending to
> revert the following:
> 
> commit 7dafcd5e30e957dc1fffbb2eedae5d1a555a6552
> Author: Edward Hennessy <ehennes AT sbcglobal DOT net>
> Date:   Fri Jul 5 14:53:36 2013 -0700
> 
>    Reset refdes number to the question mark when parts are copied
> 
>    This change helps ensure no duplicate refdes get inadvertenly
>    created. When parts are copied and pasted, the refdes number is
>    reset to the question mark. When parts are cut and pasted, the
>    refdes number is preserved.
> 
> 
> 
> In the course of normal copy+paste work on my schematic (where I was
> re-organising some parts between sheets), this change has has just
> caused me to loose a lot of data :(
> 
> (I did not notice the loss of refdes information straight away!)
> 
> The code in question is very "policy" oriented, and I don't think it
> should not live in gschem or libgeda.
> 
> FWIW, I already implemented the functionality Ed wanted as a very short
> scheme script, requiring no nasty special case code in libgeda... (IE..
> The "?" refdes suffix is a hack, and I would prefer not to hard-code it
> further into the core of our software!)

This functionality was requested in launchpad bug #698748 and also matches
the behavior in commercial package I've used.

Do you intend to check your script in, so the functionality is present in
geda-gaf, and the user can select it in a configuration file?

Cheers,
Ed

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