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["Patrick" <pmaupin@...>]

--- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Patrick" <pmaupin@...> wrote:
>
> 
> --- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@> wrote:
> >
> > 2009/10/29 Dick Hollenbeck <dick@>:
> > > Brian Sidebotham wrote:
> > >>> 2009/10/27 Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@>:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Hi Guys,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Please find attached two screenshots showing the inconsistent label
> > >>>> directions between normal labels and global labels, and a patch tofix
> > >>>> this problem.
> > >>>>
> > >>
> > >> Hmm, I've been looking at this but I can't really see a way of
> > >> supporting this without breaking previous schematics.
> > >>
> > >> Has anyone got any suggestions about how to do this change without
> > >> breaking old schematics?
> > >>
> > >
> > > Have you approached the issue from the perspective of:
> > >
> > > a schematic conversion is done at time of first load, and the converted
> > > schematic uses an altogether new representation, such as a word vs. what
> > > was formerly a number or single character?
> > >
> > > The schematic loader then has to be able to recognize either of these
> > > representations for awhile.
> > >
> > > And when saving you use the new represenation. �This does notbreak old
> > > schematics, which everyone probably agrees we should never do.
> > >
> > > I have not spent any time on this, but it is a general idea that might
> > > be helpful. �As these file formats evolve, we are trying to get them to
> > > be more self documenting anyway.
> > >
> > > Dick
> > 
> > No I hadn't at all! Thanks for your help Dick, I will go and investigate that.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Brian.
> >
> 
> While you're looking at this, I noticed that on at least one of the labelkinds (forget which one), the left/right was inconsistent from the up/down. A fix for that would be nice.
> 
> Also, while you're coding in this area, I personally don't like 3 different buttons for 3 different kinds of labels. Why can't I just say I want toplace a label, and then the dialog box lets me choose what kind? I mean, if I need to change an on-sheet label to a hierarchical one, I ought to be able to double-click, hit one radio button to change the type, another radio button to flip it over to the other side of the wire, and be done, right?
> 
> Regards,
> Pat
>

Actually, in thinking about this one more time, it seems like the best definition for "up/down/right/left" would be "the direction the wire should go when it exits the connection point." (Or the opposite, whichever is easiest to document and describe.) In that case, it should be a single radio button to convert an on-sheet label to an off-sheet label. For on-sheet, the labeling should basically go above the wire, and for off-sheet, the labeling should go away from the wire.

Regards,
Pat