gnupic@linuxhacker.org

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, you wrote:
>> 
>> I have a new example at www.acc.umu.se/~rfg/pinout2.gif.
>
>One issue that I ignore in the cli is the quad package. Rotation is
>not an issue, you've got pins on all 4 sides. Also, I assume that
>the other sized packages (dips not quads) are being added? Or is the
>package dynamically created?

Where would I put the pin names on a quad? There is not a simple way
to draw tilted text. I think you have to draw to a pixmap, rotate the
pixmap and draw it. But you only have to do it at startup, though.

And yes, it's dynamically created.

>
>I don't have anything major to add to what you've presented so far.
>However, have you considered adding node names to the pins? I have not
>done it for the cli, but what I was thinking of here was having the pin
>names on the inside of the IC (like in your .gif) and the node names on
>the outside. 

That implies doing better code structure than what I have now (I
have a single function doing all drawing).

Presently I'm using a gtk_drawing_area and draw with gdk_draw*(). It
gets a bit complicated, lots of calcluation and stuff.

>(And I can hear it now... If you show the node names, how
>about the stimuli on the other end? :)

Don't forget support for loadable modules (or corba) for implementing
a RS232 I/O terminal, PC parallel port interfacing, logic components,
LCDs and stuff. :)

 / Ralf