Re: [Kicad-developers] [BUG] tilda in eeschema library files

2013-05-24 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 05/24/2013 04:25 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 05/22/2013 04:34 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> I think a bug was introduced recently that is putting tilda characters into >> library files. >> >> If a field such as Footprint is blank in the eeschema library part editor, >> it gets put >> into

Re: [Kicad-developers] Terminology footprint vs module

2013-05-24 Thread Karl Schmidt
On 05/24/2013 03:49 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: I think in the future it would be nice if a module could hold tracks and vias, in addition to one (or several) footprint(s). So the answer to your disciples might be that a module is potentially a superset of a footprint. If and when that happen

Re: [Kicad-developers] Terminology footprint vs module

2013-05-24 Thread NHays Terrace
Dick wrote: >>I think in the future it would be nice if a module could hold tracks and vias, in addition to one (or several) footprint(s). >> >>So the answer to your disciples might be that a module is potentially a superset of a footprint. Which leads me to ask: Is it appropriate to create a grap

Re: [Kicad-developers] [BUG] tilda in eeschema library files

2013-05-24 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 05/22/2013 04:34 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > I think a bug was introduced recently that is putting tilda characters into > library files. > > If a field such as Footprint is blank in the eeschema library part editor, it > gets put > into the library now with "~" rather than being omitted. E

Re: [Kicad-developers] normal/block manipulation hotkeys in eeschema

2013-05-24 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 05/24/2013 11:17 AM, jp charras wrote: > Le 24/05/2013 17:13, yann jautard a écrit : >> Hi all >> >> I don't know if this is the right place to complain about how hotkeys >> work, sorry if it is not. > > Well, this is the right place to talking about how hotkeys work. > But this is the wrong pl

Re: [Kicad-developers] Terminology footprint vs module

2013-05-24 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 05/24/2013 01:17 PM, Karl Schmidt wrote: > In eeschema - library-editor/fields and properties - there is a 'footprint' > field. > > In PCBnew - the 'footprint' field is actually specifying a 'module'. > > I think kicad should use one name ( I like footprint - it is the most > descriptive ( a

[Kicad-developers] Terminology footprint vs module

2013-05-24 Thread Karl Schmidt
In eeschema - library-editor/fields and properties - there is a 'footprint' field. In PCBnew - the 'footprint' field is actually specifying a 'module'. I think kicad should use one name ( I like footprint - it is the most descriptive ( at least in English), but I'm not fussy as long as the nam

Re: [Kicad-developers] normal/block manipulation hotkeys in eeschema

2013-05-24 Thread jp charras
Le 24/05/2013 17:13, yann jautard a écrit : Hi all I don't know if this is the right place to complain about how hotkeys work, sorry if it is not. Well, this is the right place to talking about how hotkeys work. But this is the wrong place to complain. -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS ___

[Kicad-developers] normal/block manipulation hotkeys in eeschema

2013-05-24 Thread yann jautard
Hi all I don't know if this is the right place to complain about how hotkeys work, sorry if it is not. I use the latest ubuntu build from ppa. I find it unfortunate that hotkeys have to be different for block manipulation and single component manipulation in eeschema. Two sets of keys to l