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["Kliment (Future Bits)" <kliment@xxxxxxxx>]

I don't quite follow - what I'm proposing doesn't require any file
format changes, I was planning to just use the existing field functionality.

If you want to bake it into the format instead, I'm 100% okay with that,
but I don't think it's necessary. I'll look into implementing the UI
functionality and defer to you on how/where to store the data.

On 22.03.19 21:45, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> Hi Kliment
> 
> This cannot happen until the new symbol library file format is
> implemented.  There is a freeze (except for the new bus expansion
> changes) on the current file format.  I will add a unit description
> field for units in the new file format this way you can add a unique
> description for each unit should you desire.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Wayne
> 
> On 3/22/19 4:38 AM, Kliment (Future Bits) wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> I'm working with a part that has a very large number of
>> non-interchangeable units, each with many pins. For a part like this,
>> it's very difficult to tell which unit is which from the preview. Parts
>> have a description field that is shown in the list, but units don't. For
>> parts with non-interchangeable units, I think a description like that
>> would be very useful. I'd be interested in implementing such a thing.
>> One way I can think of of doing this would be as follows:
>>
>> UI changes:
>> 1. minor change to add part/component selection dialog - use the space
>> to the right of "Unit A" etc to show description, add description to the
>> space after the RD in the bottom part of the dialog
>>
>> 2. change to symbol editor - display unit description after "Unit A" in
>> unit dropdown
>>
>> optionally, 3. make unit dropdown editable, make changes there save to
>> unit name
>>
>> I would propose storing the descriptions in fields with special names of
>> the form UNITDESC_A, _B etc. This requires no change to the existing
>> data model.
>>
>> I'd like some feedback on a) whether this is a good idea, b) whether I'm
>> stepping on anyone's toes if I do it and c) what branch should I base it off
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Kliment
>>
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