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[Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, by the end of the week I'll push part of the whole refactoring, with
a,b, and c done. I've been caught up by some exams last week, but it should
be better now.

Carl


On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 10/30/2013 10:31 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> >
> > With the advent of the fp_lib_table support, we encounter some ill
> effects of long
> > footprint library names.  Please see row 61 in attached *.png file.
> >
> > What I suggest be done:
> >
> > a) *Nicknames*: revise the template/fp-lib-table file wrt nicknames:
> >   i) no longer than 25 characters
> >   ii) adopt a consistent choice of capitalization
> >
> >
> > b) shorten the name of *Library Path* entries, this means renaming most
> footprint
> > libraries in the bzr repo to remove any reference to date or revision
> and to remove any
> > inclusion of part names.
> >
> >
> > c) add the previously existing references to part names which were in
> the library names,
> > into the "Description" column of the fp-lib-table if the author so
> desires.
>
> c) was modified to "Description" field should include about 50- 80
> characters of
> descriptive text, not necessarily originating from the filename.
>
>
>
> Carl,
>
> Any progress on a), b) or c)?
>
>
> Will you be able to provide a new <kicad_src>/_global fp-lib-table soon,
> with updated
> Descriptions field?
>
> If not please say approximately when.
>
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Dick
>
>
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