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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'll pass along the thanks.

On 6/7/2015 7:50 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> Pass my thanks on to Dick; I think a lot of us have been wishing for the
> disappearance of cvpcb for years.
> 
> - Cirilo
> 
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 4:20 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     I just committed a patch (r5718) from Dick that should greatly simplify
>     the process of footprint assignment using cvpcb.  This patch does away
>     with using the intermediate *.cmp file and directly updates the s-expr
>     netlist via kiway express messaging.  This means there is no more stand
>     alone executable of cvpcb.  This also means that you will have to use
>     the s-expr netlist when importing in pcbnew.  If you do not normally
>     back import the footprint assignments from the *.cmp file into eeschema,
>     you will have to do this before your run cvpcb because the s-expr
>     netlist will not contain the footprint assignments until you do this.
>     This patch will eliminate one more unnecessary step when assigning
>     footprints and streamline the process.  I still need to fix the save
>     tooltip in the cvpcb toolbar since the *.cmp file does not get saved.  I
>     also need to remove the read footprints from *.cmp file in the pcbnew
>     import netlist dialog since the *.cmp can no longer be generated by
>     cvpcb.  Going forward, the *.cmp file will only be useful for back
>     importing from pcbnew to eeschema.  At some point in the future, even
>     that will go away.j  Please test this and let me know if you find any
>     issues.
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>     Wayne
> 
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