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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is there any objection to applying this patch in its current form? Note
that all it prevents is users accidentally joining pins that are already
invisible AND non-connect.

Cheers,
Oliver

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:05 PM, Oliver Walters <
oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Urgh, patch attached here.
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:04 PM, Oliver Walters <
> oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I have amended the patch to only ignore connection of pins that are both
>> INVISIBLE and NC (Electrical Type = Not Connected). This will improve the
>> safety of the current libraries which do contain many parts with NC pins
>> set as invisible.
>>
>> It will also NOT change the behaviour of people using invisible pins for
>> one-to-many connection.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 7:47 PM, Oliver Walters <
>> oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> The attached patch prevents invisible pins from being connected using
>>> the wire tool in eeschema.
>>>
>>> a) If you connect a wire endpoint to the same position as a pin
>>> endpoint, they are NOT connected visually
>>> b) Wires and insivible pins are also ignored during netlist creation
>>> c) This does not affect the ability of invisible power-pins to
>>> automatically connect to global power labels
>>>
>>> Is the current behavior of connecting invisible pins to wire endpoints
>>> desired? Or is it just an aberration?
>>>
>>> If there is a very good reason that pins not visible in the schematic
>>> are able to be connected silently?
>>>
>>> before: http://i.imgur.com/3gModvW.png
>>>
>>> after: http://i.imgur.com/r8O7c3Y.png
>>>
>>> (Note the 'dangling' wire-end indication)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Oliver
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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