Le 23/07/2015 19:45, Lorenzo Marcantonio a écrit : > On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 07:20:31PM +0200, Nick Østergaard wrote: >> The executable was explicitly removed recently. I don't rember the >> reasoning, but I guess Wayne can answer that question. > > I fully agree with removing a standalone cvpcb since it seems that > finally we got rid of the cmp file (there is an 'hole' on the netlist > read dialog where you could choose between the netlist or the cmpfile). > > This would also solve the quite serious bug happening when a new > component had the footprint defaulted to the one of a previously deleted > one (with the same reference). The footprint should stay only in the > schematic and in the netlist, the cmp file was only useful for > backannotation IIRC... > > Since it seems (from the mailing list) that now cvpcb directly 'pumps' > the footprints to eeschema it's fine that it can only be called from > eeschema. > > What I don't get is why it can't be called from a plain eeschema like > before... > > I often have 3 or 4 instances of eeschema and/or pcbnew running at the > same time (ripped out all the "you are already running" confirmations, > BTW:P) and doing a lot of 'open schematic' for reference and copy/paste > (which IIRC you can't do when launched from the project manager). It's > also way faster to run an eeschema $FILE from the shell than opening the > manager (which is another window messing the screen), so I think it's > quite inconvenient to loose access to cvpcb in that way... > > That aside, I actually only use cvpcb once or twice on a board (for > initial population), so as a workaround opening the schematic from the > project manager just these times is feasible :P I wonder however the > reason for not being able to work on a standalone eeschema. >
There are more than one reason: Cvpcb needs a project because it uses the fp lib table set inside a project, which is not used by eeschema. Exchanges between Eeschema/Cvpcb and Pcbnew (cross-probing) cannot be made if there is more than on instance of each application. Therefore, to allow exchanges, running Eeschema, Cvpcb and Pcbnew inside the same application ( to allow communication between these editors) is mandatory (and also to be able to run the footprint editor or the footprint viewer from the schematic editor or the schematic component editor). -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
