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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 03:33:56PM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> How does this bus connect to another bus without a label that looks
> something like A[19..32] on other open ended buses?  Unless the bus is
> directly connected I believe the label is required.

I said "Imagine the bit going off to the right goes somewhere else." - 
i.e., it is directly connected.

> 
> FYI.  I need to get my eyes checked.  If a wire doesn't end on the label
> connection point, then open ended wires are shown as unconnected.  It
> looks the dangling end test is in need of some improvement.  Again, see
> the video demo.  There are examples of both cases.

I don't see the problem, can you give me a more specific example?

> 
> On 6/9/2015 3:24 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > 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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