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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the update.  I'm not sure how missed that one.  It's fixed in
r6663.  I couldn't reproduce the value not getting updated.  If you find
the magic combination that triggers this bug, please let me know so I
can get it fixed.

On 4/3/2016 10:37 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> Okay, no, 6659 does actually at least one bug.
> 
> Steps:
> 1. Place component
> 2. Press E over the value field to edit it
> 
> --- first bug: "Power component value text cannot be modified!" is displayed,
> even though this is not a power component.
> 
> 3. Press OK.
> 
> --- second bug, maybe?
> 
> I have one report from a friend that the modified value does not always get
> saved at this point. I was not able to reproduce, but apparently it's
> intermittent.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 11:49:58AM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> Thanks for the testing.  I wonder if there are any other single line
>> text edit controls where this same behavior can be an issue.  If you
>> happen to find any, please let me know and I will fix them.
>>
>> On 4/2/2016 9:41 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
>>> Tested with a few hellish combinations of characters and everything I could
>>> think of managed not to break it. Also, three thumbs up from me about not
>>> liking programs silently changing what you've typed.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 08:37:51AM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>>> I just committed the fix for this
>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1529358 bug.  It was more involved
>>>> that I thought it would be (isn't it always?) so I would appreciate some
>>>> help testing this to make sure I didn't break anything particularly on
>>>> OSX.  Mainly I need to make sure that I didn't accidentally limit any
>>>> valid field characters or break the component value (renaming) field
>>>> code.  As of now, you cannot use \r, \n, or \t in any field and
>>>> reference designators cannot contain spaces.  I also changed the leading
>>>> and trailing white space behavior.  In the past, leading and trailing
>>>> white spaces would silently be removed.  I changed that so you now get a
>>>> warning so you can fix it.  I personally don't like programs silently
>>>> changing information I typed.  I would rather be warned that what I
>>>> typed is invalid.  I can change this back if users find it too
>>>> objectionable.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Wayne
>>>>
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