Hi, In fact, I have translated The Eeschema documentation from french to english, and have used the word "footprint" to translate, because it is used in Protel 99, and I thought that it was more eloquent than module, used in the french documentation written by Jean-Pierre. The PCBNew docs have been translated by Boris Barbour (if my remembers are good); he decided to translate module by module, and we have not seen at that time that there was something wrong. Pedro and Karl are right when they say that there is two words for the same thing. Karl, it's really a good thing that the update is made by one person only! Good luck. Remy
--- In [email protected], Pedro Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I think module is the same thing as footprint. > > Maybe the difference could be to name module a footprint with fields, > graphics, keywords and reference documentation. > > Anyway, in the Spanish translation we have kept the word module (módulo) just > because the author has use it (English module= French module and English > footprint = French trace or empreinte). > > Pedro. > > > On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:11:42 -0500 > > Karl Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm working on updating some kicad documentation - I think the terms > > > are both used for the same thing, unless I'm missing something. Do I > > > have this straight - eeschema seems to use footprint and PCBnew calls > > > the same thing modules? > > > > > > In other programs, footprints are called "patterns" or > > > "decals" (PADSpcb/powerlogic called them decals). > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Karl Schmidt EMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Transtronics, Inc. WEB http://xtronics.com > > > 3209 West 9th Street Ph (785) 841-3089 > > > Lawrence, KS 66049 FAX (785) 841-0434 > > > > > > "Give me four parameters and I can fit an elephant; > > > Give me five and I can wag its tail." > > > (The source of the above quote?? Variants have been > > > attributed to C.F. Gauss, Niels Bohr, Lord Kelvin, Enrico Fermi.) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > "Footprint" certainly refers to the "physical" footprint of an object > > on the PCB, so it is only relevant as a term within PCBnew and Cvpcb. > > > > EEschema uses abstract drawing symbols, and if I'm not mistaken, it uses > > the term "components" to describe such drawing symbols. > > > > A module seems to be the same thing as a footprint. If you hover > > your mouse pointer over the Cvpcb icon in the main Kicad window, it is > > described as "Components to modules". > > > > Unless a module is a component combined with its footprint? > > >
