Re: VxWorks global variable device support (capfast can default DOL to not set)

[Rozelle Wright <wright@odin.atdiv.lanl.gov>]

Hi William,
Our symbols are the same size as yours, because we originally got them from
you, so we could exchange schematics and they would still fit.
(The symbols from jlab are a different size.)
However, our users thought that displaying NPP/PP by
default cluttered up the schematics, so in most cases we display PP if that
is what we are using and if nothing appears it is NPP.  Of course if we
forget to turn display on for PP the schematic is misleading.
Rozelle

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> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 09:08:40 -1000
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> Dear all,
> 
> Both Ben and Rozelle report having changed Capfast symbols so that DOL
> defaults to "undefined". We have changed Capfast symbols here too
> (although not in any way that could affect behavior I believe).
> 
> So we all have our own versions of these symbols (this came up at the
> last LANL collaborators' meeting). Is there any prospect of once again
> all using the same symbols? The answer may just be a simple 'no'. I know
> of two things that we changed which would not be generally acceptable:
> 
> 1. we label DOL, INP and OUT fields with their PP attribute
> 
> 2. we add a PV:$(name) property
> 
> William
>