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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

+1 for "symbol" and "footprint"

On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 12:28 AM, Marco Ciampa <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 08:14:02AM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> > The devs discussed this some time ago and the general consensus is that
> > symbol is the preferred term.  I've already started converting the UI
> > strings to use the term symbol.  I'm sure there are UI strings that I
> > missed.  If you find them, please let me know so I can correct them.
> >
>
> I think that then there is some term confusion here ...
>
> #: eeschema/menubar.cpp:462
> msgid ""
> "Edit components to symbols library links to switch to an other library
> link "
> "(library IDs)"
>
> This obviously is not "symbol to symbol link" ...
>
> I really think that we should stick with the terms "footprint" and
> "symbol" only, and get rid of all the "component", "part", "module" and
> such altogether...
>
> TIA
>
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> Marco Ciampa
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