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Hi Chris,


Op 15-04-18 om 18:17 schreef Chris Green:
> I'm not sure whether this should be on the 'help' list as it's quite a
> simple question.
>
> Is it possible to renumber the pins on a connector, for example a
> header connector like header26-1.sym? I can see how to edit the text
> but it would be a bit laborious to change all 26 numbers individually.
>
> Or alternatively is it easy to customise a symbol like this to
> add/remove pins from it?

Proceed as follows:
- Select the 'official' symbol in the library list, and drop it 
somewhere in the work area.
- Left-click on the symbol (to select it), then right-click -> 'To symbol'
- Save the symbol in your local, writable symbol directory(*) under a 
slightly different name (e.g. header26-3.sym)

And now comes the fun part, the renumbering of pins:
1. Choose Attributes -> Autonumber text
2. After 'Search for', change 'refdes=*' to 'pinnumber=*'
3. Change 'Selected objects' to 'Current page'
4. Check 'Overwrite existing numbers'
5. After 'Sort order', choose the desired renumbering scheme, e.g. from 
left to right to have the left column renumbered to 1-2-3 etcetera, with 
the right column 14-15-16 etcetera.
6. Click Apply
7. After 'Search for', change 'pinnumber=*' to 'pinseq=*', and click 
Apply again. Then repeat once more for 'pinlabel=*'.
8. Save the modified symbol.

Also see http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:gschem_ug:autonumbering

*: This should be somewhere in your home directory, and a symlink from 
/etc/gEDA/sym should point here.

Best regards,

Richard