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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

It is a great idea.  I hope it pans out….


> On 26 Jan 2018, at 22:00, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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>
>> <mailto: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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