RE: [PROTEL EDA USERS]: Place Part bug/annoyance

[Mark Geddes <mark.geddes@windriver.com>]

My main problem can be seen in the PCB library. My footprint "44W" is found
before "0603", and "43860". They are clearly forgetting to ignore the length
of the name (if it starts with a number).

The footprints should be sorted as if the names are "text", even though they
start with "numbers". My footprints aren't an indication of numeric value,
so why are they sorted that way?

I agree that the R10 after R9 is far superior, but they haven't finished the
job.

Mark Geddes

(I just wish Protel knew what
> > alphanumeric order was, like they did in P98.)
> >
> > Mark Geddes
> 
> Maybe we're talking about different things, but I consider 
> that Protel 99 SE
> is an improvement over Protel 98. Protel 98 listed components in
> alphabetical/ASCII sequence (so that R10 was listed between R1 and R2,
> rather than after R9), whereas Protel 99 SE lists components 
> in a sequence
> that I (and material released by Protel) refer to as 
> alphanumerically sorted
> (in which R10 is listed after R9).
> 
> Regards,
> Geoff Harland.