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.walt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Urgh, patch attached here. > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 11:04 PM, Oliver Walters < > oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> 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.walt...@gmail.com> 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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