Re: [Kicad-developers] UI improvements

2017-03-23 Thread Thor-Arne Hovland
This is a good point, and I totally agree. KiCad libraries isn't optimal like they are now with new feautures like simulation added. But that belongs in another thread, this was to discuss naming in the UI. Perhaps a discussion on v6 roadmap would be a better place as this will probably be a l

Re: [Kicad-developers] UI improvements

2017-03-23 Thread Thor-Arne Hovland
Symbol has been used as long as I can remember. The proper names should probably be defined to avoid confusion. In my book: A "symbol" is a generic repesentation for drawing a schematic, and that is whats used in eeschema right now. A "footprint" is the pads and silkscreen ++ used in pcbnew. A