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Re: First time contribution suggestion: Auto increment pin number (symbol creation)

 

I second this, sounds useful :)

On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 04:46:56PM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> This sounds like it could be useful feature.  Take a look at the pin
> edit dialog code as well.  We are currently in feature freeze for the
> upcoming stable release so all new features will be merged during the
> next development cycle.
> 
> Before you submit any patches, please read the coding policy.  You can
> also use launchpad to create merge requests but that requires using
> bazaar instead of git.  FYI, the github repo is only a mirror.  Do not
> send pull requests again it.  The bazaar repo on launchpad is the
> official one.
> 
> Thank you for your interest in contributing to KiCad.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Wayne
> 
> On 9/9/2015 4:04 PM, Dan Walmsley wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > 
> >      I would like to start making contributions to KiCad... I noticed
> > that when placing pins when creating a symbol, you have to type a name
> > and pin number everytime....
> > 
> > 90% of the time the pin number is just N+1 the last pin number... I
> > would like to volunteer to have a go at adding that feature, if it is
> > agreed that is a good idea, perhaps there is a reason to omit it?
> > 
> > If not I think I identified where I need to work...
> > 
> > https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/master/eeschema/pinedit.cpp (maybe
> > in this file???)
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> > 
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