Wayne, Please confirm if you really do not want this feature now. This thread is quickly turning into a how-to for the new symbol table :)
Thanks On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Oliver Walters < oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 1:42 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <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 >> >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> >>> More help : 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 >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > >
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