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 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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