Hi Seth, OK, yeah that makes it clear, Subsheet A should not have shown contents of subsheet D since subsheet D was created and or supposed to have it's own contents.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:00 AM, Seth Hillbrand <seth.hillbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi JP- > > That's correct, A.sch does not get modified. Only the contents shown are > changed. > > Here is a video showing the behavior: > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LnG2khusuEal3E2I8-NPEZ- > A9dA_ag8O/view?usp=sharing > > If you don't see the same behavior, perhaps this is linux-only? > > -S > > 2018-03-29 9:23 GMT-07:00 jp charras <jp.char...@wanadoo.fr>: > >> Le 29/03/2018 à 18:04, Seth Hillbrand a écrit : >> > Thanks for the feedback. It helps me get my head around how the >> subsheets are meant to work. >> > >> > Here is one of the bugs: >> > >> > 1) Take the attached project and unzip into KiCad. >> > 2) Open the schematic and you will find a schematic with 5 subsheets >> referencing 3 subsheet files. >> > - Each subsheet file has a label with its associated file name. So >> A.sch contains "A". >> > 3) Rename the file for Sheet B to "A.sch" >> > - This works as expected for linking. There is a warning, you >> replace the contents of B with the >> > contents A.sch. >> > 4) Rename the file for Sheet B again, this time to "D.sch" >> > - You get a warning about the sheet using shared data in a complex >> hierarchy. Click "OK" >> > >> > At this point, Eeschema creates "D.sch" using the data from "A.sch". >> If I understand Wayne >> > correctly, the mixing of these metaphors is fine. Renaming a sheet >> filename to an existing filename >> > replaces the sheet's current contents with the existing file contents >> but renaming a sheet filename >> > to a non-existing filename will create a new copy of the current >> contents. >> > >> > 5) Now, open the subsheet "B", notice that it has the label "A". Edit >> the contents to be "D" and save. >> > >> > The bug here is that if you now open the original subsheet A, its >> contents have also been changed to >> > "D". But only until you close and re-open the project. At that point, >> it is back to "A". I'll >> > deal with this bug but leave the copying/linking behavior as is unless >> people feel otherwise. It >> > confused me but I think I can clarify it in the dialog text. >> > >> > -S >> >> Hi Seth, >> >> I tried that, and I did not noticed your issue. >> All sheets are OK, and the subsheet A.sch was not modified. >> >> -- >> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Remember The Past, Live The Present, Change The Future Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future [JFK] kandre...@gmail.com Live Long and Prosper, Andrey
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