On 08/26/2017 08:01 PM, jp charras wrote: > Le 25/08/2017 à 15:37, Maciej Sumiński a écrit : >> The attached patches add to eeschema possibility of updating fields for >> components already placed on schematics sheet using library values. >> >> It is useful for users maintaining additional fields in libraries to >> store information that may change over time (e.g. Obsolete, URL fields). >> >> Regards, >> Orson > > Looks good to me, but perhaps a few enhancements could be welcome: > - a minimal filtering of updated fields: especially value and footprint can > be reset to a not wanted > text (Spice fields can also create issues if updated without filtering) > The first attempt I made to test this patch reseted these precious (value and > fp) fields in a > generic component. > - perhaps (just an idea) add an option to update these fields for all similar > (same library symbol > link) symbols. > Fields like Obsolete, URL fields can be obsolete for many similar symbols is > schematic. > > Thanks.
I have added a dialog where one can select the fields to be updated. The dialog also allows the user to remove fields that do not occur in the original libraries. I have pushed everything to the master branch. Filtering by library symbol link might be added in the future, I would not mind it. Regards, Orson
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