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[Vesa Solonen <vesa.solonen@xxxxxxxx>]

23/02/14 21:51, Henner Zeller kirjoitti:
> On Feb 23, 2014 10:55 AM, "Lorenzo Marcantonio" <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:

>> Anyway the same 'mechanism' could be applied to footprint selection,
>> I agree. I fear there is some/a lot impedance mismatch with the internal
>> data structure, however...

Yeah, data structures... There is a lot of work ahead making a sensible
schematic object one. With pin/gate swap, linked primitives...

> Agree, cvpcb functionality should ideally be provided in eeschema. And
> should be  user friendly. I do have this on my list...

Great! Please consider how to work with both light and heavy symbols
though. Eagle model is "heavy", KiCad and gEDA mostly "light". Both have
their uses, but keeping flexibility and maintainability needs "light"
approach.

-Vesa