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[Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo_bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: Moses McKnight <moses@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: 
> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 1:02 PM
> Subject: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema now case sensitive?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just built the latest kicad using the kicad-instal.sh script on Linux 
> Mint 16 64-bit, and when I open my schematics, half of the symbols are 
> now missing.
> 
> I verified that the parts are in the libraries by viewing them in the 
> module manager and by placing some new ones on the schematic.  It looks 
> like the Chip Name on all the broken symbols is in all caps, but in the 
> module manager they are lower case or mixed case - leading me to think 
> that now the names are case sensitive?  I thought the names were made 
> all upper case when creating symbols - but I don't remember for sure now.
> 
> I just checked on another system with version BZR 4631 and the same file 
> opens properly, so something got broken since then.
> 
> Thanks,
> Moses
> 

This was announced on the list not long ago; this was deliberate so it's
not considered broken. The case sensitivity had to be imposed at some
point in time.

- Cirilo