On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:14:42 -0500 (EST) Stuart Brorson <s...@cloud9.net> wrote:
> There is a bug in the git version of PCB. If you put your newlib > footprints in a directory, the library import stuff can't find them. > The library import stuff looks in *subdirectories* of your footprint > directory. This has to do with the way the importer works, as well > asl how the library data inside PCB is structured. > > If you want to use the git stuff, put your footprints in a directory > *under* ~/GEDA/www/user/vanessa_ezekowitz/footprints/ (example: > ~/GEDA/www/user/vanessa_ezekowitz/footprints/myfootprints). > > I've been fiddling with creating a fix for this, but it's slow going > since I need to learn about how PCB itself works. > I ran into this a while back too, which is why I use a symlink. In actuality, PCB is configured to look in /home/vanessa/Footprints. Contained within that directory is a symlink named "Custom", which points to /home/vanessa/GEDA/www/user/vanessa_ezekowitz/footprints , where the actual footprint files reside. Without it, I'd see "vanessa_ezekowitz" as my top level, and "symbols", "footprints", "attic" and "CVS" under that. This way, PCB just shows "Footprints -> Custom" and I don't have to disturb the layout of my repository. :-) At any rate, PCB's Library dialog can find and use the files just fine, it's just the Import function that doesn't. -- "There are some things in life worth obsessing over. Most things aren't, and when you learn that, life improves." http://starbase.globalpc.net/~ezekowitz Vanessa Ezekowitz <vanessaezekow...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user