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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:06:18 -0700
From: Colin D Bennett <colin AT gibibit DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Really, really hidden attributes in sym file
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On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:21:36 +0200 (CEST)
karl AT aspodata DOT se (Karl Hammar) wrote:

>  If I create a file containing:
> 
> v 20111231 2
> T 100  1000  9 10  1 1   0 0 1
> refdes=U?
> T 100 -1000  5 10  0 0   0 0 1
> description=I'm hidden
> 
>  how can I see the description in gschem (without doing
> edit->translate) ?
> 
>  Should it be considered a bug or a feature to be able to hide
>  attributes this way?

I think the real bug is how gschem clips the drawing space to
nonnegative coordinates.  It would make more sense (and make
placing components nicer since that's where it goes relative to the
mouse cursor...) if the (0,0) origin could be at an arbitrary point
in the symbol.

This drawing space clipping means it's often clumsy to edit symbols
which are near the origin.  If you want to draw something on the
left or the bottom of a symbol, expanding it that direction,
you have to 'et 2000', do the drawing, then 'et 0' before saving.

Anyway, you can see the attribute by selecting the symbol and
hitting 'ee' (Edit Attributes dialog) to see the refdes, right?

Regards,
Colin