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[Clemens Koller <cko@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, Chris!

On 2017-03-23 00:12, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 11:53:40PM +0100, Clemens Koller wrote:
>> The timestamp is not human readable. It seems strange to me to dump it as hex-number on the UI. (WTF!?)
> 
> I'm struggling to think of a use for this. Maybe for power users, to
> jump quickly to the component in the raw sch file by searching for it -
> but why not just search for the reference?
> 
> I wonder how many people would complain if I took that out.

I'd complain. 8-)
Because the timestamp is a valuable information (until we have proper version control in situ).
But: NOT in hex form. 

Regards,

Clemens