Hey Wayne, thanks for the link. I have read it and followed the steps. All is working now.
Thanks a lot for the info. cheers Fabrizio On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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> > > > > > > >
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