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[Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>]

On 26/01/18 19:18, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> On 1/26/2018 1:01 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Why are space characters not allowed in the SCH library nicknames, but
>> are OK for the FP libraries? Is this an overlook on SCH/PCB side?
>>
>> I'd like to disable the space check in eeschema, it's very annoying if
>> the library file names contain spaces.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tom
> 
> For the same reason you can have spaces in symbol names, library symbol
> names are not quoted in the schematic file format.  If you can figure
> out a way to fix this without changing the schematic file format and
> breaking anything, then I'm ok with that.  The new schematic file format
> will use quoted strings for symbol library links (which will only be for
> reverting or updating since symbols will be embedded in the schematic)
> so I will remove this restriction once the new file formats are in play.
> 

Hi Wayne,

Now I understand the reason for not allowing spaces. What about the slashes?

Tom