On Thu, Aug 08, 2013 at 11:21:02AM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > I've found it easier to correspond with board stuffers if I use http:// links > to > datasheets rather than putting them on my disk. Plus this way the schematic > parts which > link to them in the DATASHEET property/field are suddenly more general and > cross project > capable.
Good idea. Too bad manufacturers move them and/or make them available in strange ways... IIRC Microchip links go dead whenever a doc get updated, for example (at least they don't leave stale documentation around...) > EHNANCE: add a "Show" button to the two text field properties > dialogs which allow editing of component properties. The button > is active when the table row cursor is on the DATASHEET field only. > When active, and your datasheet is a URI, then your default > browser will be launced to show that datasheet if it can find it. > This incentivizes use of http:// links for datasheets. A properly configured browser should eat without problem even a PDF, so it's a good solution anyway. The 'default browser' is however a sticky question, especially under Linux :P it's obvious it doesn't have a shell-execute function like Windows. Well, for start I don't have the lsb_release command (whatever it's for) that the new wx tries to call four times at each launch! -- Lorenzo Marcantonio Logos Srl _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
