Hi I am just curious about this topic. Is this a case where we should have bumped the SEXPR_BOARD_FILE_VERSION? Or is this not needed as an earlier kicad version would read it just fine?
Nick On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 at 18:46, Jeff Young <j...@rokeby.ie> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > KiCad will read them in either way (quoted or un-quoted). > > KiCad has always written them out with quotes if they had spaces in them > (so other tools have always needed to handle quotes). > > We’re just being more consistent now as there’s no justification for > “saving a few characters” in this day and age (and going forward it will > make things easier). > > Cheers, > Jeff. > > > > On 21 Apr 2019, at 17:25, Kevin Cozens <ke...@ve3syb.ca> wrote: > > > >> On 15 Apr 2019, at 13:56, easyw <ea...@katamail.com> wrote: > >> recently I have noticed that both kicad_pcb and kicad_mod seems to have > changed their format. > >> It have been introduced double quotes for layers pads etc. > > [snip] > >> (layers > >> (0 F.Cu signal) > >> (31 B.Cu signal) > >> > >> (layers > >> (0 "F.Cu" signal) > >> (31 "B.Cu" signal) > > > > When I was asking about an updated file format document I was told > "There have been virtually no changes to the file format other than how > symbol library links are defined for a very long time." > > > > I consider it a file format change if quotes weren't needed before but > they are now. It is the type of information I need to be sure I'm > generating files in the proper format to avoid possibly having to go > through the migration process. > > > > There may be other change(s) I may need to know about because the > version number in the files has been bumped since the current file format > doc was written. The files I'm generating are a version behind and have to > go through a migration process when I try and open them. I don't fully > trust the migration process. > > > > I hope someone can update the docs after KiCon, or perhaps someone can > point me to which file(s) generate the schematic files used by eeschema. > > > > -- > > Cheers! > > > > Kevin. > > > > http://www.ve3syb.ca/ | "Nerds make the shiny things that > > https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens | distract the mouth-breathers, and > > | that's why we're powerful" > > Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | > > #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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