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[Bob Gustafson <bobgus@xxxxxxx>]

This sounds like something I could use now.

Do you have any documentation on 'how to use' ? I would also have to 
reinstate my toolchain to be able to use it - not insignificant amount 
of labor. By reading your doc, I could determine the cost/benefit at the 
moment.

Thanks much - Bob G


On 02/06/2017 02:12 PM, Alex Bell wrote:
> I've not submitted a patch before nor really used a mailing list, so please let
> me know if I did something wrong.
>
> This adds a button on the component editor toolbar that prompts for a csv file,
> and then reads pin numbers and names and generates pins.
>
> I decided to start with something small but a few potential avenues for
> improvement I can see are:
> - adding a parser for electrical type based on regex
> - integrating this into it's own dialog with selectors for parsing options,
>    default pin direction
> - moving the button from the toolbar to the pin table, or even more integration
>    of some sort with pin table
>
> I tested it on linux and there is a build that will hopefully finish soon here:
> http://ci.kicad-pcb.org/job/windows-kicad-msys2-patch/560/
>
> Cheers,
> Alex
>
>
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