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Re: [RFC] eeschema new tool/feature.

 

Hello. Yes pls.

On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 03:39:01PM -0600, José Ignacio wrote:
> WANT
> 
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Dino Ghilardi <dino.ghilardi@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I had to edit a lot of components in a schematic and doing it one-by-one was
> > a tedious task without a chance to copy a field
> > (as footprint) to many components in a single operation.
> >
> > To make this task easier I've made a new tool that I'm using now. It makes
> > easier to select a particular group of similar
> > components and copy a field from one to others. Here are some features
> > implemented:
> >
> > -Shows the components in a 'spreadsheet-like' grid.
> > -Can filter basing on one or more field values using a 'column filter'
> > -It uses also regular expressions on fields to have maximum flexibility.
> > -It has some 'easy' buttons to make easy to use the tool also for who does
> > not know the regular expressions syntax.
> > -Selecting a component on the schematic highlights the line for that
> > component in the grid.
> > -Selecting a component in the grid moves the cursor to the component in the
> > schematic.
> > -Columns can be moved and hidden.
> > -Changes can be undone using the 'undo' function in the schematic frame
> >
> > A video (no audio) of this tool is available at:
> > https://youtu.be/QCMddxkKe8k
> >
> > If it makes sense, I can start to 'beautify' the code (aka re-read all and
> > check code style policy) and create a patch to send to the mailing list, so
> > I'll wait to hear if it is a good idea to go on developing this tool or not.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dino Ghilardi.
> >
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