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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/22/2013 04:34 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> I think a bug was introduced recently that is putting tilda characters into library files.
> 
> If a field such as Footprint is blank in the eeschema library part editor, it gets put
> into the library now with "~" rather than being omitted.  Even if you restart eeschema,
> come back and delete the ~ character, save the part again into the library, you find the
> filed with the ~ in there again.
> 
> Somebody broke something.
> 
> I have not filed a bug report, but can if this does not ring a bell.
> 
> Dick
> 


Blank fields are not round tripping.  They come back with a damn tilda in them.

Somebody broke something!