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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:58:55 -0500
Message-ID: <7cfa8dbf3e5b55265a46c129659de97a@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [geda-user] pcb import schematic crash, parantheses in netname
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-
> user AT delorie DOT com] [mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 2:04 PM
> To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb import schematic crash, parantheses in
> netname
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 5:39 AM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
> >
> > On Feb 25, 2016, at 12:40 AM, Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com)
> [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> No, for a tool kit sane behavior involves a certain amount of
> >> consistency.
> >
> > Yes. Allowing any UTF-8 character in any string is simple and
> consistent. Arbitrary rules make it harder for the user. This is
> especially true for
>
> And pcb doesn't do it.  So in the case of gEDA, it's inconsistent, not
> consistent, and the current rules are arbitrary, not predictable.  It

Gschem and PCB are completely different projects, maintained by different
people, with different design goals and philosophies.


> might be great if pcb handled it (debatable IMO) did but it doesn't,
> and you're not volunteering to fix it.  So you're attitude is screw
> pcb users (new ones in particular), I'm not even gonna set one
> deconsistification switch so they can have a less buggy experience.  I
> think that's a bad attitude but you're obviously decided about it and
> we're repeating ourselves, so I'm done with this thread now.
>
> Britton