Did you follow the instructions I provided on the kicad website blog post? http://kicad-pcb.org/post/symbol-lib-table/
On 11/16/2017 5:20 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > hi Guys, > I can confirm that the recent lib table commits have made my working > version of kicad totally unable to open recent schematics > > > Inline image 1 > Inline image 3 > > > all components seem visible and usable (if a new schematic is created) > but kicad is unable to load ALL symbols > from a schematic that was done one month ago. > > Inline image 2 > > I do not know how to fix this.... any idea? > > cheers > Fabrizio > > > > > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Fabrizio Tappero > <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com <mailto:fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi Guys, > hum... my version of kicad is a nightly buid that I heavily use at > work and that keep update every now and then. Probably all this > started a two years ago or so. > > I have deleted the lib table and let kicad propose the new one so > now all is fine. > > The only problem I experienced is that the "RESCUE" rename action > has screwed up all my schematics. Thank god git was made. > > I noticed some lib issues with the cache lib file that trigger a > rescue menu too. I am sorry I cant really ping point the problem. I > just wanted to get this email out there for future reference. I > realise however that I am not really providing good info > > cheers > Fabrizio > > > > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 10:42 PM, Oliver Walters > <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com > <mailto:oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 1:42 AM, Wayne Stambaugh > <stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Gentlemen, > > I'm not sure about breaking the library table file format > for the > version 5 release. If we do, the footprint library table > will not be > compatible with older versions. I would prefer that we push > this change > into version 6. > > > I'm not sure I understand why it would be ok to break it in v6 > but not v5? We are already introducing the sym-lib-table. If we > waited until v6 to make this change, then we would break *both* > tables (instead of just one). > > > > I'm OK with the progress dialog. If you split that out as > separate > patch, I will merge it. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 11/15/2017 9:38 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote: > > On 15/11/17 15:30, Maciej Suminski wrote: > >> Hi Oliver, > >> > >> Thank you for restoring the progress bar dialog. While > the library load > >> time has recently decreased a lot, the UI freeze still > happens with long > >> library lists. > >> Disclaimer: I have not looked at the code yet, I am just > praising the idea. > >> > >> As you are looking on the Symbol Library Table dialog, I > suppose you > >> might be also tempted to add a file browser to add new > libraries. If > >> that is the case, please refrain from doing so - it is > done in the > >> library editor refactor branch. If you had no such > intention, then > >> simply ignore this message. > > > > Hi Olivier & Orson, > > > > I partially implemented the simplified dialog I proposed > on the dev list > > a few days ago. Would anyone be interested in helping me > finish it? > > > > Tom > > > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Orson > >> > >> On 15/11/2017 12:41 PM, Oliver Walters wrote: > >>> Wayne, et al, > >>> > >>> I am really liking the way that the new symbol table > works! Thanks for > >>> the huge effort that has gone into this. > >>> > >>> One thing that I have noticed is that when opening (for > e.g.) the > >>> component chooser, the UI hangs while all the libraries > load. Previously > >>> there was a progress dialog which at least informed the > user what was > >>> going on. > >>> > >>> I have re-implemented this dialog in the attached patch set. > >>> > >>> Further, I have also implemented a way to individually > enable / disable > >>> each row in the library tables (this works for > SYMBOL_LIB and FP_LIB). > >>> > >>> This is based on the idea by Tomasz. Example screenshot > below: > >>> > >>> Inline image 1 > >>> > >>> I have tweaked the base LIB_TABLE_GRID code such that > disabled entries > >>> are greyed out and made italic. The enabled / disabled > status is > >>> persistent in the sym/fp_lib_table files. Older version > of xxx_lib_table > >>> files are read with all rows enabled by default. > >>> > >>> Please find patch set attached. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Oliver > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp