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

 

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/
> symbol-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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