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Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:28:26 -0800
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Find rat lines - summary
From: Russell Dill <Russ DOT Dill AT asu DOT edu>
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 7:57 PM,  <gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2012, Russell Dill wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:13 PM,  <gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I start to lose track of all the diverse ideas. This post is an effort to
>>> structure the major directions. May it be incomplete, feel free to
>>> complete
>>> it.
>>>
>>> In case there is a short...
>>
>>
>> Lazy path. Find any path that connects the two shorted objects and
>> draw that path. The short is somewhere along the path, the user can
>> follow that path and quickly locate the short.
>
>
> Sorry, this would not work. If you mean to follow the path from all net1
> nodes to all net2 nodes, then it would just highlight all objects of both
> nets. If you mean picking one net1 node and net2 node pair randomly, it
> would show only one short, while there may be multiple.

I'm not talking about highlighting all the objects of both nets. I'm
talking about drawing a line, rubber band, jagged, or otherwise, that
follows any path from gnd to vcc. (any pin of net 1 to any pin of net
2)