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On 18/07/12 00:01, Colin D Bennett wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:53:29 +0200
> "Markus" <geda AT traidl DOT de> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> in the geda-developers team mailing lists there is an very
>> interesting patch.:
>> (actually, I would like to have it very much in the next
>> release ;-)
>>
>> https://lists.launchpad.net/geda-developers/msg00079.html
>>
>> Is there a chance, that it get somehow integrated?
> Yes, please do!
> This feature would allow me to avoid the ":1" on all my pin/port
> symbols in my schematics.  It's not just ugly, it makes it really
> hard to read the correct net name especially in net names that end
> with numbers like "LED12:1" or "P2_3:1".
>
> Currently I use a workaround where the 'net=P2_3:1' attribute is
> hidden on my pin symbol, and I use an extra, visible 'value=P2_3'
> attribute.  But this is error-prone in that I could screw up and
> the net= and value= attributes might disagree--causing the PCB to
> be wrong, and worst of all you can't see the error on the schematic
> itself so no amount of plain visual review will find it. (only
> extensive and tedious checks of all pins, and using extreme care)
>
> Regards,
> Colin
I'd second (or is it third or fourth!) this request. A friend of mine 
who is just learning the ways of Geda spent ages wondering why nets were 
not working, until I saved him RTFM'ing.

This would be a great asset in Geda and make things simpler to follow as 
Colin mentioned. I'm happy to test/debug but have no commit access to do 
it myself.

Best,
Ed