Thanks Wayne, this will save me (and anyone else using monostable/kicad_footprints <https://github.com/monostable/kicad_footprints#readme>) quite a bit of time!
On 19 June 2018 at 19:13, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > I took a second look at this and you are correct. The library table > nickname character filter was changed to include the library item > (symbol or footprint) name characters which is incorrect. The valid > library nickname characters are different from the valid library item > name characters. I will fix this as soon as I get a chance. > > On 6/13/2018 4:59 PM, Kaspar Emanuel wrote: > > Those are good reasons for not allowing slashes in the footprint names > > but I don’t see any reason for not allowing them in /library/ nick > > names. As far as I can tell any character except |:| could be allowed > > before the |:|. It’s a pretty long standing “bug” so we could view it as > > standard. It will break "compatibility" with fp-lib-tables that use the > > slash character and users were never warned about using it. > > > > If it /will/ be allowed in v6 why make people change it when going from > > v4 to v5? > > > > > > > > On 13 June 2018 at 18:35, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com > > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > AFAIK you cannot use slashes ('/') or colons (':') in either a > library > > (footprint or symbol) table nickname or a footprint or symbol name. > If > > you could use a slash in a footprint library nickname in the past, > this > > was a bug and the fact that it worked was a fluke. The reason is > that > > the library ID format is NICKNAME:FP_OR_SYM_NAME/REV. The other > issue > > is that footprint names are actually the filename sans extension. > Using > > a slash in a footprint name would render it unusable. I am going to > fix > > this as part of the new schematic and symbol library file format v6 > > work. The reason this was not done for v5 the fix will require > > schematic, board, and footprint file format changes which I didn't > not > > want to do for v5 as we were already late into the development cycle. > > > > On 6/13/2018 2:19 PM, Kaspar Emanuel wrote: > > > Sorry to bring this up again but it just strikes me as a bit odd. > Can we > > > not allow slash characters in the fp-lib-table as before and not > break > > > backwards compatibility? It seems to read fp-lib-tables with > slashes > > > fine but current KiCad nightly won't let me edit it. I am up for > making > > > a patch if there's a chance it could make it into v5. > > > > > > > > > On 10 May 2018 at 12:07, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com> > > > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>>> > wrote: > > > > > > On 5/8/2018 6:27 PM, Kaspar Emanuel wrote: > > > > 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? > > > > > > This is correct. The plan is to fix this after the new > schematic file > > > formats are implemented so it should happen some time during v6 > > > development. > > > > > > > > > > > On 8 May 2018 at 22:10, Wayne Stambaugh < > stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com> > > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> > > > > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com> > > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com <mailto: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 > > <https://github.com/monostable/kicad_footprints> > > > <https://github.com/monostable/kicad_footprints > > <https://github.com/monostable/kicad_footprints>> > > > > <https://github.com/monostable/kicad_footprints > > <https://github.com/monostable/kicad_footprints> > > > <https://github.com/monostable/kicad_footprints > > <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 > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>>> > > > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net>> > > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net>>> > > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad- > developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>>> > > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>> > > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>>> > > > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net>> > > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net>>> > > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>>> > > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>> > > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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