On 03/19/2015 08:42 AM, jp charras wrote: > Good work! > Thanks to you, Orson a Tomasz > > It looks fine on W7, but I have some remarks: > > 1 - the proposed nickname contains the file or directory extension. > The current convention is to use the basic name (without extension). > Footprint names should not be sensible to the type of plugin. > (currently, keeping the extension breaks the existing components to fp > links) > > 2 - From my point of view the way environment variables are used is > wrong: the KIPRJMOD is always used, and full paths are made relative > to this path. > I am thinking the 2 env vars can be used only when the full path > *starts by* one of these 2 defined paths. > In other words they can be used for paths which are a subpath of the > defined paths. > (Keep in mind as soon as the env vars dialog editor is available, more > paths are also available) > If this is not the case, the full path must be used (using a env vars > has no sense if the library is not in the defined path). > > 3 - An important feature of the "old" wizard is the ability to > download libs from Github, and make a local copy (or update this local > copy) > Please do not forget this feature: it is especially important for new > users. > For most of users, working directly with on-line libraries is not good > (noticeable time to download, mainly each time you run CvPcb, no > control of changes ... ) > So Github libs should be seen like the "Vault" of Altium. > > It could be a third option in the main page of the wizard like > "download kicad libs and make local copy" or a separate dialog or wizard. > About fp libs, some associated 3D fp lib shapes (now folders with > .3dshapes extension) have to be downloaded. > They are too big to be used online, and should be copied locally to > the KISYS3DMOD when you are using a new kicad footprint library. > They are currently on: > https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/tree/master/modules/packages3d > and the wizard must have an option to download select 3d libs, like > the option to download/use .pretty libs. > > This is especially important for newbies, but also other users. > > Again, thanks to you. > > (PS: you can delete the now not used webview folder)
Hi Jean-Pierre, Quite sensible suggestions. They are already implemented in the patch attached to this message and the previously mentioned git repository. There is just one difference regarding the second point. I use only the KIPRJMOD variable, as it enables portable projects. I think the main purpose of KISYSMOD is to create generic fp-lib-table configurations that can be easily adjusted, so it is not necessary here. I will merge the changes once I get a report from Adam (thank you in advance!), and there are no other objections. Regards, Orson
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