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[Edwin van den Oetelaar <edwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I like it too. ;-)
Gr,
Edwin

On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Clemens Koller <cko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello, Dino!
>
> I was just watching your video. Spreadsheet editing seem extremely useful
> to me, especially when creating and verifying big designs as well as
> refactoring/reusing older designs.
>
> Some other tools call these features "table based design entry" (of the
> whole design).
> So, even connections (nets) might be added and manipulated via a
> spreadsheet.
>
> Just to save some clicks, it could be good to get rid of the tabs in the
> dialog-box
> and show the "Advanced" "Simple" and "Common" all in one dialog.
> Also, an undo function could come in handy. :-)
>
> Thank you for your work!
>
> Regards,
> Clemens
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2016-11-06 18:44, Dino Ghilardi 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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