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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

No, I just mean things like this:

http://misc.c4757p.com/bus.png

The bus is very frequently drawn past the end of a row of connections to 
emphasize the fact that it is a bus.

(Imagine the bit going off to the right goes somewhere else.)

On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 03:17:52PM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> Yes, but typically in open ended bus use case they have a label attached
> to them that makes the connection.  The same thing can be done with
> wires which does show the connection status correctly when a wire is
> open ended but has a label attached to it.  The video demo project is a
> good example of both behaviors.  It's not that important but some users
> may wonder why the difference between wire and bus connections.  It's
> something to think about.
> 
> On 6/9/2015 2:30 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > I'm not sure about that one - it's common to draw buses in a manner that 
> > leaves their ends open.
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 01:43:56PM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> >> I've tried this patch and it works as expected.  Good work Chris.  Does
> >> anyone have any objections to this patch before I commit it?
> >>
> >> One other thing I noticed is the bus wires (and I'm guessing bus entries
> >> as well) do not have any segment end point connection indicators.  It
> >> would be nice if they supported them as well.
> >>
> >> On 6/8/2015 5:38 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I already sent in this patch but as a reply to my existing pin targets 
> >>> thread; I think it may have got lost. This patch enables pin "targets" 
> >>> on bus entries as well, as Wayne suggested, and hides them when the bus 
> >>> entry is connected.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Chris
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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