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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@...>]

Karl,

Without looking at the source, I'll say this:

it might be less work to accomplish this with a compile time option 
rather than a configuration file option.

Can you build the source yourself?

If so, maybe we can pursue a compile time option for starters, then 
maybe add a config file variable in the future which is likely more work.

I may spend a few minutes studying the source if you can say that the 
compile time option would be acceptable. This means you would have a 
non-standard Kicad, but you can always apply your patch to any source 
you pull down. More time than that I do not have.

Dick

Karl Schmidt wrote:
> I'm digging through the source of 20080825c - it looks like the number of fields is determined by :
>
> eeschema/component_class.h
>
> Any possibility of making this a user definable value? I'm bumping into the limit of 8 user fields.
>
>
> ,..
>
> The way I've used this on other systems is as follows:
>
>
> * Value (not to be confused with the Value/Chip Name) This field can be used with 
> resistors, capacitors etc and have the resistance value.
>
> * Description - a brief string that describes the part ie 256K Eprom, 1/4 watt resistor.
>
> * manu1 - First manufacturer
>
> * manu1# - First manufacturer's part number
>
> * manu2 - Second manufacturer
>
> * manu2# - Second manufacturer's part number
>
> * Vendor1 - Who distributes manu1's part
>
> * Vendor2 - Who distributes manu2's part
>
> * Pricing - I put info like $.002 in 10,000s
>
>
>
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