If the patch is helpful then apply it for now, but I think people shouldn't spend much time arguing about details; a lot of that code will be thrown away in the future and there will be a much more usable system to replace it.
- Cirilo On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 9:46 PM, Simon Wells <[email protected]> wrote: > When you add a 3d model for a footprint > > If the model file is inside the KISYS3DMOD directory then it is > automatically made relative path > If the model file is outside the KISYS3DMOD directory then you get a > dialog as to whether it should > be relative or not, > > If the model file is not in the KISYS3DMOD directory it seems like a bad > idea to make the model > have a relative path because if you move either the KISYS3DMOD directory > or the model it > requires changing the path, whereas if its absolute then you only need to > update the path if you > move the model file. > > I have created a branch with a patch to remove the dialog and if theres > consensus then i will submit > a merge request with it. (the branch is lp:~xzcvczx/kicad/relpath-dialog) > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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