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Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 21:13:37 -0400
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Subject: [geda-help] Attrib editor
From: vattan <vatan DOT uml AT gmail DOT com>
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Hey folks, quick question.  In some screen caps of the attrib editor, there
are 3 tabs at the bottom, one of which is nets.  My installation (latest in
arch) only has one tab for components.  I am currently building latest
from git in a vm, but im impatient (also 12kbs is slow) and am wondering
are the tabs in latest, or were they buggy and redacted till the are
further along?

Also i am kind of curious if anyone has written any scripts for attrib
promotion and addition.  I want to do some standardiztion for my designs,
but i am new to scripting and am not sure how tricky it would be.
Basically i want all components to have one of two attribs.  "Silk" or
"silkauto" which represent what should be silked onto the pcb.  If i dont
manually assign a silk attrib in gschem,  i want my script to copy refdes
into silkauto, unless it is a connector, where it will copy in value to
make my board more human friendly.  I assume it is trivial in pcb to make
it show a random  attrib as the silkscreen.  Using silkauto helps avoid
stale values or overriding intentional ones.  And i dont need to rely on
refdes.  I may not use the connector substitution but i will have the
option to do that, as well as use a hierachry of other values as ideas pop
into my head.

Does that sound like a smart idea? I have very little  experience with
board design but i do know how important it is to set universal rules early
on.  Also dooes that sound like a hard idea to implement?  Regexs herre i
come i suspect.
Thanks for any guidance

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<p>Hey folks, quick question.=C2=A0 In some screen caps of the attrib edito=
r, there are 3 tabs at the bottom, one of which is nets.=C2=A0 My installat=
ion (latest in arch) only has one tab for components.=C2=A0 I am currently =
building latest=C2=A0 from git in a vm, but im impatient (also 12kbs is slo=
w) and am wondering are the tabs in latest, or were they buggy and redacted=
 till the are further along?</p>

<p>Also i am kind of curious if anyone has written any scripts for attrib p=
romotion and addition.=C2=A0 I want to do some standardiztion for my design=
s, but i am new to scripting and am not sure how tricky it would be.=C2=A0 =
Basically i want all components to have one of two attribs.=C2=A0 &quot;Sil=
k&quot; or &quot;silkauto&quot; which represent what should be silked onto =
the pcb.=C2=A0 If i dont manually assign a silk attrib in gschem,=C2=A0 i w=
ant my script to copy refdes into silkauto, unless it is a connector, where=
 it will copy in value to make my board more human friendly.=C2=A0 I assume=
 it is trivial in pcb to make it show a random=C2=A0 attrib as the silkscre=
en.=C2=A0 Using silkauto helps avoid stale values or overriding intentional=
 ones.=C2=A0 And i dont need to rely on refdes.=C2=A0 I may not use the con=
nector substitution but i will have the option to do that, as well as use a=
 hierachry of other values as ideas pop into my head.</p>

<p>Does that sound like a smart idea? I have very little=C2=A0 experience w=
ith board design but i do know how important it is to set universal rules e=
arly on.=C2=A0 Also dooes that sound like a hard idea to implement?=C2=A0 R=
egexs herre i come i suspect.<br>

Thanks for any guidance</p>

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