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[Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10 June 2010 15:23, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Brian Sidebotham wrote:
>>> Thanks for handling this.  I probably wouldn't be able to get to it for
>>> at least another two weeks.
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>
>> Echo that, thanks for dealing with this patch Dick. If the GUI change
>> adds too much work, feel free to push this back to me to change, as
>> the configuration loading and saving will have to change too (as they
>> use for( size_t i=0; i<DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_FIELDS; i++) loops).
>>
>> I have some free time at the weekend where I could sort it out if needed.
>>
>> Also just to add, I've been getting on with bazaar version control
>> really well, it proved very handy with this patch as I was easily able
>> to create a quick branch and then occasionally merge with the testing
>> branch head to keep it relevant.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Brian.
>>
>
> I'll see.  Give me a chance to roll up my sleeves and look.   Hope to
> start tonight.

No problem, just shout if needed.

> I've got a fairly slick BOM algorithm that I wrote in Java, and want to
> jettison that into the eeschema so I can stop maintaining the Java
> version.  It reconciles all the field names across parts, and even
> collates the common parts into totals as a separate table.  So you have
> "one part per line item rows", and then separately you have collated
> rows, all in one CSV file.
>
>
> Dick

This would be a great feature enhancement! I would certainly make good
use of it, and I think plenty of other people would find that a
massive improvement too.

Best Regards,

Brian.