X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f
X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 17:35:14 +0100 (CET)
From: Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
To: "Girvin Herr (gherrl AT fastmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] graphical not overriding netlister
In-Reply-To: <d732710d-761f-1cef-ba17-c0383c82bca1@fastmail.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1902261254170.2706@nimbus>
References: <d732710d-761f-1cef-ba17-c0383c82bca1 AT fastmail DOT com>
User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII
Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com
X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com
Precedence: bulk

Hi Girvin,

On Thu, 21 Feb 2019, Girvin Herr (gherrl AT fastmail DOT com) [via 
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> It was my understanding that if "graphical=1" is used in an instantiated 
> symbol, that the tools will ignore that symbol. Apparently, from my 
> observation that is not quite true. Is there another way to disable a 
> symbol so that the tools ignore it, or what am I doing wrong with my use 
> of "graphical"?

unfortunately, no, the tools won't ignore that symbol, and no, there is no 
other way to "disable" a symbol.  There's a simple solution for your 
problem, though: update to the current "master" branch.

The graphical=1 attribute means that the component is part of a separate 
"graphical" netlist that is relevant for netlisting in some ways but not 
in others.  The typical use case would be a titleblock (which can have 
attributes, and these attributes are available to the netlister) or net 
annotations like "not connected".

When refactoring the netlister, I changed the behavior regarding graphical 
components: they now aren't included in the default netlist any more 
unless the backend decides otherwise in order to avoid the exact situation 
you describe.

Roland