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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/29/2018 12:22 PM, Simon Richter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 28.08.2018 21:56, Anthony Tonizzo wrote:
> 
>> Recently during the manual layout of a board with many
>> differential pairs I noticed that there was no button to add
>> a diff-pair the way there is a button for regular tracks.
>> Rather, adding diff-pairs is currently accomplished using
>> a menu entry.
> 
> I dimly remember that diff-pair mode should be used automatically if the
> net name ends in "_P", "_N", "+" or "-", as a substitute for a proper
> "diff-pair" flag in the netlist.
> 
>    Simon
> 

I thought this was documented as well but a quick scan of the KiCad
documentation turned up empty.  AFAIK, this behavior is still in play.

Wayne