Re: Arcs lose ability to connect to anything else after tech. editing

[Steven Rubin]

> I think I may have found a bug in Electric 6.08 - it seems once any
> Technology Editing facet has been viewed, any new arcs made in other
> layout or schematic facets no longer have the option to connect to
> anything else when creating (drawing) them.
>
> Example:
>
> 1. File>New Library:  "test"
> 2. Facets>Edit Facet...:  new "layout" facet called "inv"
> 3. Technology>Change current Technology: change to "mocmos"
> 4. Wire up a tiny circuit e.g. invertor
> 5. Technology>Convert and Edit Technology...: select "nmos"
> Add a few more wires to the circuit. Wiring stills works as normal.
> 6. Facets>Edit Facet...: select "layer-Metal" from library "nmos"
> 7. Facets>Edit Facet...: select "inv" from library "test"
> All new arcs no longer have the option to connect to a destination node or
> arc. The selections made above were arbitrary, the same thing happens with
> editing any tech library's facets as far as I can tell.
>
>
> The upshot of this is that I can't load my own technology library without
> it losing the ability to connect new arcs to anything else.
>
> I've tried running electric-6.08 on a Red Hat 9 system (i386, Pentium 4),
> a Red Hat 8 system (i386, Celeron) and a Sun (sparc, 4-way Sun Fire),
> compiling from source. They all show the same problem.
>
> Is this a bug or is there some way to load a tech library without
> breaking the arc wiring?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any help,

I have not been able to repeat this.  In any case, the thing to notice when 
dealing with technology libraries is the "mode".  When you are editing a 
facet from a technology library, there is a yellow border around the facet, 
and the mouse buttons change meaning.  It may be that you somehow got into 
technology-editing mode while editing a non-technology-edit facet.  This 
would produce the effects that you are describing.  Pay attention to the 
messages that appear in the "Messages Window".  They will tell you each 
time you enter or leave "technology editing mode".  If you still cannot 
figure out what is wrong, build some simple libraries (including a 
technology library) and send them to me with exact instructions for 
reproducing this problem.

   -Steven Rubin