From b625a45dab1d7c5e36c1bef576c7a6aee4ac6fd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stefan schippers <stefan.schippers@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 03:20:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] place_symbol(): trim leading and trailing whitespace from
 symbol name given as input

---
 src/actions.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/actions.c b/src/actions.c
index e0432572..99d2710a 100644
--- a/src/actions.c
+++ b/src/actions.c
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ int place_symbol(int pos, const char *symbol_name, double x, double y, short rot
    tcleval("load_file_dialog {Choose symbol} *.\\{sym,tcl\\} INITIALINSTDIR");
    my_strncpy(name1, tclresult(), S(name1));
  } else {
-   my_strncpy(name1, symbol_name, S(name1));
+   my_strncpy(name1, trim_chars(symbol_name, " \t\n"), S(name1));
  }
 
  dbg(1, "place_symbol(): 1: name1=%s first_call=%d\n",name1, first_call);