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[Johannes Sprigode <jos@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wayne et al,

the new file format appears to be stable as of now.

The format contains all required information to implement rotated texts.

I am considering an implementation restart of my previous efforts.

Are there any activities already underway?

Cheers

Johannes


On 13/08/19 11:46 pm, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
>
> The the new file format work is in progress and should be done in a few
> months.  The UI support for moving pin name and number text will happen
> some time after that.  I cannot say when for sure as the new file
> formats add a lot of new features which will require a significant
> amount of UI work so it could be while.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 8/12/19 11:26 PM, Johannes Sprigode wrote:
>> Howdy Wayne,
>>
>> no worries. Thanks for the heads up. I'm not surprised at all since this
>> only makes sense to have.
>>
>> In the meantime I'll keep it up if viable as a local patch just for
>> fun-kickers.
>>
>> Is that feature already progressing? If so, which tag?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Johannes
>>
>> On 13/08/19 7:27 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>> Johannes,
>>>
>>> Once the new schematic and symbol library file formats are complete, you
>>> will be able orient pin number and name positions freely.  This is
>>> planned for version 6 which is currently under development so no changes
>>> will be made to the existing file format to support this.  Thank you for
>>> offering to help but this already is planned.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>> On 7/15/19 7:18 AM, Johannes Sprigode wrote:
>>>> Hello there,
>>>>
>>>> been using Kicad for a while and have not looked back at eagle except
>>>> for project imports.
>>>>
>>>> However, I found all those vertical texts  in eeschema quite disruptive.
>>>> So I've done something like in attached screen shot over the last couple
>>>> of days working off of master under Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Would you guys be interest to implement this sort of feature? If so, I
>>>> would follow through with the nitty gritties since the actual
>>>> implications are ‘slightly’ more complex then just that.
>>>>
>>>> Who would be the best contact to discuss this?
>>>>
>>>> I’m quite happy to lay out an implementation scenario.
>>>>
>>>> As it stands this ‘add-in’ will not impact on already existing
>>>> libraries. Going by what is in master there is no such feature except
>>>> some decent groundwork to build upon.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Johannes
>>>>
>>>>
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