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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Seth,

I haven't had a chance to test it but it's a clever concept.  I would
prefer a bunch user testing on this before I merge it.  If I do decide
to merge it, we should probably restore allowing spaces in symbol
library nicknames.  As of now, this patch doesn't buy us much if we
don't change that as well.

Cheers,

Wayne

On 01/26/2018 03:00 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> Wayne-
> 
> Would you object to a patch like the attached?  It reads the name line
> in reverse order, allowing spaces in the component name.  If this is an
> acceptable approach, I'll make the other required internal changes.
> 
> -Seth
> 
> 2018-01-26 10:22 GMT-08:00 Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx
> <mailto: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
> 
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