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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:08:56 -0700
From: Dave Curtis <davecurtis AT sonic DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] gsch2pcb -- remind me how it works
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On 08/30/2013 10:54 AM, Dave Curtis wrote:
> On 08/30/2013 10:41 AM, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> Perhaps the key is the 'a' suffix - lower case letters on the ends of
>> refdes's are treated differently between the various tools, so you
>> should avoid them.  Slotted components should have the *same* refdes.
> OK, perhaps I had a memory fade. I thought this (trailing lowercase 
> refdes on slots) used to work?  My memory is likely faulty here. I'll 
> go try that.

Dropping the trailing lower-case works.  Must have been a memory fade on 
my part.

raise InsufficientCaffeineError

-dave

>> Assigning a footprint to each slot is OK as long as they're the same.
>> If they're different, it's undefined which one "wins".
> By 'OK' I assume you also mean 'not necessary', although I'm half-way 
> through a quick experiment and it looks like gsch2pcb throws warnings 
> in that case...
>
> -dave
>
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>