Component Names in Custom Libraries
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Why are some keyboard characters such as "&" and "+" replaced by an underscore when saving a new component to subject location? Can someone provide a list of other disallowed characters?
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There is also the # swap, and also any of the 'forbidden characters' in filename, like |/:<>?*" and <space> at the start/end and also probably % ?
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I expect they are forbidden because they are the file name of the resulting SKP file. I suppose you could lookup forbidden characters in file names and you'd have your list.
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So I just tried this:
Component name given to library:
~!@#$%^&*()_+-=/*{}[]|\:";'<>?,/Component name accepted by library:
~!@_$%_()-___{}_______'_____Therefore, these were converted to underscores:
^&_+=/[]|:";<>?,/Tried saving a skp file as:
~!@#$%^&*()_+-=/*{}[]|\:";'<>?,/Result:
"invalid file name"Tried saving a skp file as:
~!@_$%_()-___{}_______'_____Result:
~!@_$%_()-___{}_______'_____Conclusion:
I am bummed-out about losing & and/or + in my component names. Oh well.
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