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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Seth,

No problem.  Given the recent mail volume, I'm sure I've dropped a few
things myself.

Thanks,

Wayne

On 2/7/2018 2:04 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> Hi Wayne-
> 
> Yes, somehow this reply got triaged without my looking at it.  Sorry!
> 
> I've looked into the other issues surrounding this approach and should
> have a full patch this weekend.
> 
> -S
> 
> 2018-02-07 8:53 GMT-08:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>:
> 
>     Seth,
> 
>     Did you get my reply about this patch?  I haven't seen a response.  I am
>     interested in allowing spaces in the lib nicknames but your patch caused
>     issues when loading the cache lib.  Are you planning on fixing this?  If
>     so, any idea when?  I would like to get this in to v5 if possible.
>     Otherwise, the patch wont mean anything once the new file formats are
>     complete.
> 
>     Thanks,
> 
>     Wayne
> 
>     On 1/26/2018 3:00 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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