Brian Sidebotham wrote: > Hi Guys, > > About a month ago I had a discussion with Wayne with regards to the > patch that is attached. I have updated the patch so that it applies to > the current testing branch. > > To refresh, this patch adds the ability to have a custom default > setting for component field names. Thus Field1 could instead be > Manufacturer, or any other chosen default which saves the user from > having to input this information for every component they create. > Currently the patch puts these defaults in the .pro project file. As > Wayne pointed out there are two problems here: > > (1) The .pro project file is probably not the best place to store > these default names. > (2) The defaults are currently edited from the eeschema settings > dialog, and therefore are in the wrong place for .pro project file > settings anyway. > > There are a couple of formatting issues with the code and the GUI > rules are not adhered to in this patch, so that needs cleaning up for > a start, but I wanted to get people's opinion on where these default > names should be stored. > > It would seem sane to put them in the eeschema options, this would > mean that the settings could be left in the current GUI placement. > > If everyone is in agreement, or abstains then I'll tidy up the GUI > implementation and change the patch so that the options get saved > along with the eeschema options. I'll also tidy up the code > formatting. > > Best Regards, > > Brian. >
I would like to fix https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/581153 Will that screw up your patch? Brian please let us know if this revised patch is in the near term. If not, I will do the bug fix soon. Thanks, Dick _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
