Orson, You must have missed the original conversation. We cannot have spaces in symbol library nicknames until the schematic and symbol library file formats are implemented. I didn't want to make a change to the current schematic file format. Once they are in place, I will remove the spaces restriction.
Cheers, Wayne On 04/13/2018 05:45 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote: > Another question is whether spaces are considered valid in library item > names (symbols/footprints). Should both logical library names and > library items permit the same character set? Seems reasonable to me, but > I need to be sure. > > Cheers, > Orson > > On 04/13/2018 11:36 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote: >> I have just noticed that one cannot use spaces in symbol library >> nicknames [1], whereas they are valid for footprint library nicknames >> [2]. I suppose it should be unified and moved to a function (static >> method in LIB_ID?) to avoid valid characters sets diversion. I will fix >> it, but I need to know what is the decision about spaces. >> >> Cheers, >> Orson >> >> 1. >> https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/master/eeschema/dialogs/dialog_sym_lib_table.cpp#L269 >> 2. >> https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/master/pcbnew/dialogs/dialog_fp_lib_table.cpp#L302 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
