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[Karl Schmidt <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> For eventual BOM generation, we may have to provide even more
> flexibility, so this may not be the final behavior, but with this email
> I am trying to get you the ability to generate these files here, nothing
> more yet.

I think you are on the right track - might be that dealing with BOM may best be dealt as a plug-in? 
- kicad can serve up the basic data as XML and then any and all can write the ultimate BOM interface.

gnumeric can inhale XML and that brides the gap for now.

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