On 10/30/2013 10:31 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > > With the advent of the fp_lib_table support, we encounter some ill effects of > long > footprint library names. Please see row 61 in attached *.png file. > > What I suggest be done: > > a) *Nicknames*: revise the template/fp-lib-table file wrt nicknames: > i) no longer than 25 characters > ii) adopt a consistent choice of capitalization > > > b) shorten the name of *Library Path* entries, this means renaming most > footprint > libraries in the bzr repo to remove any reference to date or revision and to > remove any > inclusion of part names. > > > c) add the previously existing references to part names which were in the > library names, > into the "Description" column of the fp-lib-table if the author so desires.
c) was modified to "Description" field should include about 50- 80 characters of descriptive text, not necessarily originating from the filename. Carl, Any progress on a), b) or c)? Will you be able to provide a new <kicad_src>/_global fp-lib-table soon, with updated Descriptions field? If not please say approximately when. Thanks very much, Dick _______________________________________________ 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
