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From: "karl AT aspodata DOT se [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] empty attributes
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Comments: In-reply-to Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
   message dated "Sun, 26 Sep 2021 16:53:37 +0200."
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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 20:13:56 +0200 (CEST)
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Roland:
> On Sun, 26 Sep 2021, karl AT aspodata DOT se [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> > http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:symbols
> > says about the same, but also that you can use "unknown" to specify
> > a empty value.
> 
> The value "unknown" is not the same thing as an empty value; it means the 
> value inherited from the symbol file should be discarded.  However, this 
> doesn't apply to certain attributes which, like refdes=, are handled 
> specially.
...

Ok, your explanation would be better than the current then.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar