On 12/11/2016 4:14 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > 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.
I'm OK with this. I'll fix this in my next batch of Eeschema changes. > > 2016-12-11 22:13 GMT+01:00 Nick Østergaard <[email protected]>: >> Would it be bad to support both? We would have to be careful in the case of conflicting paths. Other than that, I don't see an issue with supporting both other than the additional code which I'm not terribly thrilled about maintaining. >> >> 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
