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[Johannes Sprigode <jos@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wayne,

appreciate your heads up.

Will restart with current file format.

Cheers

Johannes

On 1/02/21 1:52 am, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
>
> The new schematic and symbol file formats are frozen unless we find a
> bug that needs fixed so you should be able to start working on this
> again.  Please note that we are in feature freeze so this feature will
> not be merged until V6 is branched and released and we open up V7
> development.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 1/30/21 8:14 PM, Johannes Sprigode wrote:
>> 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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