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Hi,
All the following observations pertain to PCBnew
1.
It seems module names may not contain spaces! If one does, it has
disastrous consequences like the module vanishing into thin air
instead of being saved.

I created a footprint for a 16x2 LCD, and named it LCD 16x2 small,
when (i realise now) I should have named it LCD_16x2_small. I saved
it, and when I tried to retrieve it again, Kicad complained it couldnt
find it, though it is seen in the module list of my library.

This bug needs to fixed/ documented.

2.
In the module editor, when one changes the position of the anchor, the
module temporarily disappears from view. One has to zoom out quite a
bit to get it into view again, then zoom in to resume work. This
happens especially when the zoom level is high.

3.
While positioning the cursor, and moving it with the keyboard, with a
low zoom, the resolution is not good, but in high zoom, the resolution
is better. Is this intentional? The zoom value should have nothing to
do with the cursor step resolution. While placing lines etc, one
watches the x,y coordinates, irrespective of the zoom level.

4.
On the bottom status bar, the x,y coordinates of the cursor are shown
twice. why is this so?

Thanks,

--Royce

the second set of coordinates is an auxilary coordinate. you can set your own origin by hitting the space bar. notice the second set resets to 0,0.

Royce Pereira wrote:

4.
On the bottom status bar, the x,y coordinates of the cursor are shown twice. why is this so?

-ryan williams

Royce Pereira wrote:

Hi,
All the following observations pertain to PCBnew
1.
It seems module names may not contain spaces! If one does, it has disastrous consequences like the module vanishing into thin air instead of being saved.

As a rule I think it is bad practice to have spaces in names. However, I agree the documentation should make it clear what characters are allowed.

Ian


--
Ian T-Bell
aka RuffRecords
aka RedTommo
www.geocities.com/ruffrecords

Hi,
--- In kicad-users@..., Ian bell <ianbell@u...> wrote:

Royce Pereira wrote:

Hi,
All the following observations pertain to PCBnew
1.
It seems module names may not contain spaces! If one does, it has
disastrous consequences like the module vanishing into thin air
instead of being saved.

As a rule I think it is bad practice to have spaces in names.

However,

I agree the documentation should make it clear what characters are
allowed.

Better, Kicad should throw an error if it finds disagreeable
characters in the names etc., or automatically insert underscores,
rather than allow an hours work to go down the drain !

--Royce.

Hi,

--- In kicad-users@..., Ian bell <ianbell@u...> wrote:

Royce Pereira wrote:
>

Better, Kicad should throw an error if it finds disagreeable
characters in the names etc., or automatically insert underscores,
rather than allow an hours work to go down the drain !

Are you running Kicad under Windows or Linux? I know spaces in file
names are common in Windows but it is not permmitted under Linux.

I'm using Windows XP SP1

Thanks,
--Royce.

Ian bell escreveu:

Royce Pereira wrote:
>

Better, Kicad should throw an error if it finds disagreeable
characters in the names etc., or automatically insert underscores,
rather than allow an hours work to go down the drain !

Are you running Kicad under Windows or Linux? I know spaces in file
names are common in Windows but it is not permmitted under Linux.

Hi. Just one note: I don't know in the case of Kicad specificaly but
file names with spaces are perfectly normal in linux.

[]s

Adilson.

Royce Pereira wrote:
>

Better, Kicad should throw an error if it finds disagreeable characters in the names etc., or automatically insert underscores, rather than allow an hours work to go down the drain !

Are you running Kicad under Windows or Linux? I know spaces in file names are common in Windows but it is not permmitted under Linux.

Ian


--
Ian T-Bell
aka RuffRecords
aka RedTommo
www.geocities.com/ruffrecords

Adilson Oliveira wrote:
>

Hi. Just one note: I don't know in the case of Kicad specificaly but
file names with spaces are perfectly normal in linux.

this is probably not the place to discuss it but IME I have only come across spaces in file or path names under Linux when running Windows programmes under Wine.

Ian
--
Ian T-Bell
aka RuffRecords
aka RedTommo
www.geocities.com/ruffrecords