These are the accepted terms and should be used for UI strings. At some point when I have nothing better to do, I will update the source code terminology so that these two terms are used everywhere.
On 11/22/2017 08:31 AM, Oliver Walters wrote: > +1 for "symbol" and "footprint" > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 12:28 AM, Marco Ciampa <ciam...@libero.it > <mailto:ciam...@libero.it>> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 08:14:02AM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > The devs discussed this some time ago and the general consensus is that > > symbol is the preferred term. I've already started converting the UI > > strings to use the term symbol. I'm sure there are UI strings that I > > missed. If you find them, please let me know so I can correct them. > > > > I think that then there is some term confusion here ... > > #: eeschema/menubar.cpp:462 > msgid "" > "Edit components to symbols library links to switch to an other > library link " > "(library IDs)" > > This obviously is not "symbol to symbol link" ... > > I really think that we should stick with the terms "footprint" and > "symbol" only, and get rid of all the "component", "part", "module" and > such altogether... > > TIA > > -- > > > Marco Ciampa > > I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it. > > ------------------------ > > GNU/Linux User #78271 > FSFE fellow #364 > > ------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <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