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? On 8 May 2018 at 22:10, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> 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>. >> >> Is there a good reason for not allowing slashes in names? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Kaspar >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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