X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Authenticated-IP: 108.20.130.99 From: John Doty Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-10-1037158545 Subject: Re: [geda-user] Down schematic hierarchy question Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:57:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com References: <4F9D5D77 DOT 4080308 AT ecosensory DOT com> <15A5FC7D-2FDA-4EBD-A4C5-AA8C908B41E9 AT noqsi DOT com> <4F9D8849 DOT 4020508 AT ecosensory DOT com> <22F588A0-0729-4600-9B8C-34F213CCA92B AT noqsi DOT com> Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk --Apple-Mail-10-1037158545 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Apr 30, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Ouabache Designworks wrote: > It appears that gschem was never meant to elaborate a design Yes, gschem is an editor. That's not the job of an editor. Hierarchy expansion occurs in gnetlist, and at the present time it = cannot do more than expand refdes attributes. It would be nice to be = able to write Scheme plug-ins to do more, but too much functionality is = wired into the C code. lambda-geda can produce flattened schematics, mimicking the gnetlist = expansion, so you can have flattened schematics for documentation. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ jpd AT noqsi DOT com --Apple-Mail-10-1037158545 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
It appears = that gschem was never meant to elaborate a = design

Yes, gschem is an editor. = That's not the job of an editor.

Hierarchy = expansion occurs in gnetlist, and at the present time it cannot do more = than expand refdes attributes. It would be nice to be able to write = Scheme plug-ins to do more, but too much functionality is wired into the = C code.

lambda-geda can produce flattened = schematics, mimicking  the gnetlist expansion, so you can have = flattened schematics for documentation.

John Doty              Noqsi = Aerospace, Ltd.

http://www.noqsi.com/

jpd AT noqsi DOT com

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