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On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:47:16 -0600
John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:

> 
> On Sep 11, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
> >>> It could be a lot easier to add copper spacing rules in the
> >>> schematic. I guess attaching spacing attribute to nets possible
> >>> refering to a specific category for example "InverterOutputVoltage"
> >>> may solve it in the schematic but it must also be transferred to the
> >>> layout.
> >> 
> >> ...
> >> 
> >> I'm not denigrating the usefulness of being able to put arbitrary text
> >> anywhere; we added that to pcb (somewhat) as well.  But don't think
> >> that being able to add a chunk of text is the same as doing something
> >> useful with that text.
> > 
> > Even though you have to remember attributes and values yourself it is not just arbitrary text. For already defined attributes it would have been nice with a list to choose from and for each attribute a list of predefined values to chose from where appropriate.
> 
> A blue sky vision for gschem might be to have flow-specific plugins. Using geda-pcb? A plugin might help you make sure you have sensible attributes. Use a different plugin for, say, Verilog.


I missed it but actually there already is a list for add attribute. Only thing missing is a similar list for values which will be a little bit harder.