Re: gEDA-dev: Proof of concept PCB Library picker (PCB Patch)

[DJ Delorie <dj-at-NOSPAMdelorie_dot_com>]

> >From Peter C's first e-mail and DJ's reply I get the impression that a
> csv lookup file should provide content for what you are trying to
> conceive.

Or any other table-oriented data, with corresponding helper program.

> 1) would the pcb footprint name be included with or without the .fp
> extension ?
> 
> 2) would the gschem symbol name be included with or without the .sym
> extension ?

These are both filenames, so they should have the actual file name.
However, I think the programs could add on .sym/.fp if the file as-is
doesn't exist but with extension does.

> 3) should we add a column for the "device=" attribute as done in the
> above example ?

If needed.  For example, there are a couple of resistor symbols, but
they're all the same device.  Using device= lets you collapse all the
symbols to one chunk of database.

> 6) is maintaining in and subsequent exporting the csv file from a
> spreadsheet program advised ? I ask this since the spreadsheet
> program I use (Open Office) tends to put *all* string values between
> "".

The format is irrelevent, as long as you have a helper that talks to
the common API.


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