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	John Doty on Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:13:27 -0700)
Subject:	Re: [geda-user] pcb import schematic crash, parantheses in netname
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> >> As far as I know, the only character gschem can't put into a refdes
> >> or netname is NULL.
> > 
> > I bet newlines are tricky, but that's a nitpick.
> 
> I put newlines in attributes all the time. Very useful for SPICE.

I was referring specifically to refdes, which you were talking about.
I know other attributes in general can be multi-line, but if you had a
multi-line refdes I suspect the odds are good that something in the
various flows to barf on it.

Just because attributes in general are flexible doesn't mean that
interpretation of attributes in context is.

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