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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Or, how about a custom "component selector" that implements the "select
appropriate symbol based on net name, place it, rename it to the selected
net" workflow? It can sit under the P hotkey in place of the filtered
selection we have now.

On Aug 2, 2016 11:43 AM, "Maciej Sumiński" <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 08/02/2016 05:30 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > Moving this to a new thread.
> >
> >> On 8/2/2016 7:16 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> >>> My implementation had a large number of symbols, would have allowed
> >>> user-supplied arbitrary symbols if I had finished it, and automatically
> >>> selected a symbol based on net name _exactly_ as Clemens suggested. All
> >>> of these issues are solved.
> >>
> >> How difficult would it be to apply the same selection criteria for power
> >> symbols?  The more you explain what you have done with power label the
> >> more it seems like you could have done the same thing with power
> >> symbols.  This would save implementing a new object and the file
> >> formatting to support it.  Maybe I'm missing something here but I just
> >> don't see how a new label type that looks like a power symbol is
> >> different from a power symbol that already provides the same
> functionality.
> >
> > It provides the same functionality. I just think it's more consistent
> > from the user's perspective - see my comment earlier about them /being/
> > labels, functionally speaking - and not that much more trouble to
> > implement.
>
> Perhaps a reasonable compromise would be a tool that generates arbitrary
> power symbols that are stored in a project library (a la *rescue.lib)?
> Currently that is what user is expected to do when (s)he needs to place
> a new voltage source, though it is a bit tedious. I suppose it will be
> even easier and less hacky with the new file format, where one can store
> instances of modified symbols.
>
> Regards,
> Orson
>
>