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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/8/2018 6:27 PM, Kaspar Emanuel wrote:
> I see, thanks for the info Wayne. So enforcing this for names in
> _footprint_ lib-tables is simply done for code sharing?
> 
> If I understand you correctly short-lived means for the lifetime of v5?

This is correct.  The plan is to fix this after the new schematic file
formats are implemented so it should happen some time during v6 development.

> 
> On 8 May 2018 at 22:10, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     This was done because the schematic file format parser would break
>     with the forward slash character.  I hope to fix this early in the
>     v6 development but it's a pain we are going to have to live with
>     until the new schematic file format is complete.  I wish I had the
>     time to do it all at once but it's just wasn't in the cards.  I have
>     to implement this one piece at a time.  There was an announcement on
>     this mailing list about it.  I apologize for the inconvenience. 
>     Hopefully it will be short lived.
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>     Wayne
> 
>     On 05/08/2018 04:40 PM, Kaspar Emanuel wrote:
> 
>         Hi,
> 
>         looks like a forward slash character in nick names in the
>         fp-lib-table is not supported any more (it can be read but it
>         cannot be saved).
> 
>         This breaks compatibility with older fp-lib-tables somewhat. I
>         have been using slashes in names to namespace fp-lib-tables
>         created for my footprint collection
>         <https://github.com/monostable/kicad_footprints
>         <https://github.com/monostable/kicad_footprints>>.
> 
>         Is there a good reason for not allowing slashes in names?
> 
>         Cheers,
> 
>         Kaspar
> 
>         ​
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