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Le 13/04/2018 à 11:45, Maciej Sumiński a écrit :
> Another question is whether spaces are considered valid in library item
> names (symbols/footprints). Should both logical library names and
> library items permit the same character set? Seems reasonable to me, but
> I need to be sure.

The current symbol libraries do not accept spaces in symbol names (spaces break the library).
(Names are not quoted)

AFAIK, Inside the library cache, the full symbol name is <nickname>_<symbol name>
It means logical library names do not accept spaces, because currently spaces break the library cache.

> 
> Cheers,
> Orson
> 
> On 04/13/2018 11:36 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
>> I have just noticed that one cannot use spaces in symbol library
>> nicknames [1], whereas they are valid for footprint library nicknames
>> [2]. I suppose it should be unified and moved to a function (static
>> method in LIB_ID?) to avoid valid characters sets diversion. I will fix
>> it, but I need to know what is the decision about spaces.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Orson
>>
>> 1.
>> https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/master/eeschema/dialogs/dialog_sym_lib_table.cpp#L269
>> 2.
>> https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/master/pcbnew/dialogs/dialog_fp_lib_table.cpp#L302


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