How does this compare to the new fp lib table wizard? 2015-01-22 6:09 GMT+01:00 Adam Wolf <adamw...@feelslikeburning.com>: > Hi folks! > > I have a question about adding another feature to the fp-lib-tables manager, > which is already pretty crowded and I want to get buy-in before even > attempting a patch. > > Background: > > Running into another issue with the KiCad Mac experience. Just to recap, I'm > trying for 2 DMGs. > > One is called "KiCad Extras" and currently includes the modules from github, > and the fp-table-lib.for-pretty renamed just fp-table-lib. The idea is that > users can download the extras DMG, and no longer need to be online for > Kicad. > > The modules directory is fine, we provide a "drop target" (just a symlink) > of /Library/Application Support/kicad/. > > However, the fp-table-lib is tricky. The per-user "global" (across > projects" fp-table-lib is located in ~/Library/Preferences/kicad/ We cannot > make a "drop target" in a DMG that points to ~/. > > Making a "package" works around this, but users don't like packages unless > they're part of App Store (because they usually don't realize they're > packages :)). I don't want to do that. > > Question: Would a way to "load default fp-lib-tables" be useful to other > people in the library table manager? This would take a look at what > fp-lib-tables.* are available in a location, and give users the ability to > replace their fp-lib-tables with known defaults--i.e. I want to use github, > I want to use eagle, I want to use on-disk pretties downloaded from > github... > > The more I think about this, I think that it might not only help the Mac > install experience, but actually help the new user experience on all > platforms. > > Thoughts? (and greetings from Montreal, where I am on business and also > working on Kicad Mac nightlies while stuffed with curry poutine...) > > Adam Wolf > Cofounder and Engineer > W&L > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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