I've been following this thread and I'm a bit confused about the library install path issues on OSX. This does not seem that much different than the install issues on Linux where the stock libraries are installed in /usr/share/kicad which is not user writable. Installing the stock libraries in a user writable path is generally a bad idea because every time you install the latest libraries it will overwrite the previous install. If the user has made any changes to the stock libraries, they will be lost on the next install which is probably not desirable. I recommend installing the stock libraries in a system path where all users have read only privileges rather than a user specific path such as ~/. I'm not sure what path this would be on OSX. A least this way we have some consistency between platforms.
On 1/12/2015 1:08 PM, Collin Anderson wrote: > I'm so sorry. Again, duplicate message to Adam. This is the last time, I > promise! Sorry! > > > Yes, great, talk about instant gratification :D. In this case, all I can > really do is confirm that what you're doing will give a pleasant, 'native' > experience. Even big commercial packages basically ignore that. (I'm giving > you an evil glare, CADSoft Eagle) It's going to be really great to have a > really good EDA solution with nice behavior on OS X, it's been a long wait! > > My vote is to default to ~/Documents, but that amounts to an alias on a dmg > and adding it to the search path stack. But that's just an idea. I would be > happy to deal with those changes, and/or adding a file dialog to manually > change or select a path. I think a "Load table file..." button in pcbnew's > Library Tables window might be a good spot, though that window is pretty > dense. I am weak at interface design, so if anyone has some thoughts, let me > know. Assuming manual path selection is something we want. > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
