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From: karl AT aspodata DOT se
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Subject: [geda-user] sym precedence ordering (was: should we broaden scope of libgeda)
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Comments: In-reply-to John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com>
   message dated "Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:09:44 -0700."
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John Doty:
> On Jan 22, 2016, at 4:06 AM, karl AT aspodata DOT se wrote:
> > b, And I still don't understand why libgeda adds component-libs in reverse
> >   order of appearance in rc file. If ordering is important, order in
> >   sym-browser should be the same as order in rc file
> In general, in the gada-gaf rc system, things read later have
> precedence over things read earlier.

So noted.

> This means that your project
> *rc settings can override settings from the earlier ~/.gEDA/*rc and
> system-*rc files.
...

Yes, that could be a reason.

Though, in the lib.browser, you can choose any one, even the ones
deep down the list. Then when you late open the sch, you'll get the
wrong syms. And that is not how it should be, precedence order or not.

I propose that the C (component) syntax be augmented whith some
optional selector, so can get  the right one.

 In
$ grep ^C regulator.sch | grep -i diode | head -1
C 16600 76400 1 0 0 diode.sym

why not append e.g. author="Karl Hammar", to select the diode.sym
which has the attribute given.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar

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