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[Marco Ciampa <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 02:37:40AM -0400, Mark Roszko wrote:
> So from what I remember, Kicad used to call alot of pcb footprints as
> "modules". Sometimes it was "module", other times "footprint module"
> and now "footprint". Footprint seems to have picked up in usage so
> let's use it everywhere!
> Right now new users just get confused and its a popular compliant. I
> don't blame them, the inconsistency is annoying.
[...]

I see that in all this source the reference is on a "module" so I think
the programmer got tricked by this name and used it also for the message
strings, despite the source file name explicitely refers to "footprints"
and not "modules".

Please apply this patch...

bzr diff
=== modified file 'pcbnew/autorouter/auto_place_footprints.cpp'
--- pcbnew/autorouter/auto_place_footprints.cpp	2014-10-06 01:18:24 +0000
+++ pcbnew/autorouter/auto_place_footprints.cpp	2014-10-29 15:54:50 +0000
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
     while( ( Module = PickModule( this, DC ) ) != NULL )
     {
         // Display some info about activity, module placement can take a while:
-        msg.Printf( _( "Place module %d of %d" ), cnt, moduleCount );
+        msg.Printf( _( "Place footprint %d of %d" ), cnt, moduleCount );
         SetStatusText( msg );
 
         double initialOrient = Module->GetOrientation();

=== modified file 'pcbnew/autorouter/spread_footprints.cpp'
--- pcbnew/autorouter/spread_footprints.cpp	2014-03-05 17:57:13 +0000
+++ pcbnew/autorouter/spread_footprints.cpp	2014-10-29 15:52:07 +0000
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
     if( aFootprintsOutsideBoardOnly && !edgesExist )
     {
         DisplayError( this,
-                      _( "Could not automatically place modules. No board outlines detected." ) );
+                      _( "Could not automatically place footprints. No board outlines detected." ) );
         return;
     }



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Marco Ciampa

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