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Re: New symbol table: problems with '/' characters?

 

Thanks. I'll chase that bug.

Diego

On 18 Nov 2017 11:35 am, "Nick Østergaard" <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> See https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1732236
>
> 2017-11-18 11:42 GMT+01:00 Diego Herranz <diegoherranz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm testing a recent build (41f9c19b) on Ubuntu 16.04 64 bits.
>>
>> When opening a schematic made with a nightly build ~2 months old, the
>> remapping dialog shows up. So far so good.
>>
>> I've followed the recommendations in http://kicad-pcb.org/post/s
>> ymbol-lib-table/ and most things seem to be working fine. Every symbol
>> gets remapped but 2. Both of which include '/' in their name
>> (e.g. PIC32MX110F016D-I/PT).
>>
>> Opening the schematic after the remap, it seems Kicad has changed it
>> to PIC32MX110F016D-I_PT.
>>
>> In fact, after a bit more searching, I've found out that as soon as the
>> remapping dialog shows up, before clicking on "Remap symbols" the '/'
>> characters have been replaced to '_'. So I'm guessing that is the reason
>> why it can't find the symbols when remapping?
>> "Warning: No symbol 'PIC32MX110F016D-I_PT' found in symbol library
>> table." confirms that the name was changed before the remapping attempt.
>>
>> I have then tried to edit the broken symbols in Eeschema. When I try to
>> assign "PIC32MX110F016D-I/PT" again, which can be found through the "Choose
>> Symbol" dialog without problems, it complains:
>> " Symbol 'PIC32MX1XXFXXXD-I_PT' not found in library
>> 'MCU_Microchip_PIC32'! "
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong? Is this a bug?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Diego
>>
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