On 02/22/2014 07:03 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
On 2/21/2014 9:02 PM, Moses McKnight wrote:
Hi,
I just built the latest kicad using the kicad-instal.sh script on Linux
Mint 16 64-bit, and when I open my schematics, half of the symbols are
now missing.
I verified that the parts are in the libraries by viewing them in the
module manager and by placing some new ones on the schematic. It looks
like the Chip Name on all the broken symbols is in all caps, but in the
module manager they are lower case or mixed case - leading me to think
that now the names are case sensitive? I thought the names were made
all upper case when creating symbols - but I don't remember for sure now.
I just checked on another system with version BZR 4631 and the same file
opens properly, so something got broken since then.
Thanks,
Moses
Moses,
The case sensitivity build option was recently (product branch version
r4646) turned on by default so KiCad is now case sensitive. I was under
the impression that the code was stable but apparently I was wrong. So
far, I haven't had any issues. Are the missing symbols from your custom
libraries, the standard KiCad libraries, or both. It might be a good
idea to file a bug report with you schematic and offending libraries
attached to aid in debugging.
Wayne
Well, I'm not at liberty to post the schematics, but the missing symbols
are from my custom libraries. I have an Res (proper resistor :)) symbol
that is one of the main ones, but there are others as well. Some
symbols I made a few years ago and some fairly recently. It looks like
all of the symbols in the main libraries are all caps, and some of mine
are mixed case. If I remember correctly the name comes from the
reference field and I did not always use all upper case.
Another potential problem I just ran across: I tried to change the name
of my Res symbol to RES in the symbol editor and it did not take even
though it said it did.
I was able to use a text editor and change the name in my library and
that fixes my schematics (for that part).
It looks like what happened before is that the symbol name was always
entered in the schematic in upper case, and then when loading the names
were searched in a case in-sensitive way? And now I guess the name
search is case sensitive. Is there a version number in the files or
some way to detect an older file and use the old method for loading those?
This brings up something else I've wondered: could there be a cache of
symbols for eeschema like the footprint cache in pcbnew (or however that
is done), so that a symbol changing or going away would not break a
schematic?
Thanks,
Moses
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