Also, if we are to use the "verbose" version, can't we just drop the _SYS part? I don't see that as adding any information to the string.
2016-12-11 22:13 GMT+01:00 Nick Østergaard <[email protected]>: > Would it be bad to support both? > > 2016-12-11 22:07 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]>: >> Hey Nick, >> >> KICAD_SYS_SYMBOL_DIR is much more readable than KISYSSYM. I was >> actually thinking about changing KISYSMOD to KICAD_SYS_FOOTPRINT_DIR for >> the sake of consistency in spite of the obvious grumbling it will cause. >> I just haven't gotten around to getting other user's opinions yet. At >> some point before the stable 5 release, I will change one of the two >> variable names so they are consistent. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Wayne >> >> On 12/11/2016 3:27 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote: >>> Hi Wayne >>> >>> I just noticed, https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/pull/805 >>> >>> I see that you expect KICAD_SYS_SYMBOL_DIR instead of KISYSSYM. I >>> think the latter is better for the sake of consistency. >>> >>> 2016-12-10 16:39 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]>: >>>> I just pushed the commit for loading the symbol library table. The >>>> first time you run Eeschema with the changes, you will be prompted about >>>> loading the default symbol library table. This is the same mechanism >>>> that is implemented in the footprint library table code so it will be >>>> familiar. Unless you have a fairly recent copy of the kicad library >>>> repo from github, an empty symbol library table will be created in your >>>> kicad config folder. You will need to copy the full version of >>>> sym-lib-table from the kicad library repo to your kicad config folder if >>>> this is the case. Please note that the symbol library table is not >>>> being used yet. This is just loads the the table. If all goes well, >>>> the symbol library table will be fully implemented before the holiday >>>> break. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Wayne >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
