Yes, by the end of the week I'll push part of the whole refactoring, with a,b, and c done. I've been caught up by some exams last week, but it should be better now.
Carl On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Dick Hollenbeck <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/30/2013 10:31 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > > > > With the advent of the fp_lib_table support, we encounter some ill > effects of long > > footprint library names. Please see row 61 in attached *.png file. > > > > What I suggest be done: > > > > a) *Nicknames*: revise the template/fp-lib-table file wrt nicknames: > > i) no longer than 25 characters > > ii) adopt a consistent choice of capitalization > > > > > > b) shorten the name of *Library Path* entries, this means renaming most > footprint > > libraries in the bzr repo to remove any reference to date or revision > and to remove any > > inclusion of part names. > > > > > > c) add the previously existing references to part names which were in > the library names, > > into the "Description" column of the fp-lib-table if the author so > desires. > > c) was modified to "Description" field should include about 50- 80 > characters of > descriptive text, not necessarily originating from the filename. > > > > Carl, > > Any progress on a), b) or c)? > > > Will you be able to provide a new <kicad_src>/_global fp-lib-table soon, > with updated > Descriptions field? > > If not please say approximately when. > > > Thanks very much, > > Dick > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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