Le 13/12/2017 à 07:59, Oliver Walters a écrit : > Following is a screenshot of what happens when a symbol cannot be remapped: > > Inline image 1 > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 5:56 PM, Oliver Walters > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I finally had a chance to try the symbol remapping on a real project, and > I have a few thoughts > on how I think it could be improved from a users perspective (with code > to back up my thoughts!) > > 1. "Remap" should replace "rescue" > > The remap tool, with some work, should replace the "symbol rescue" tool. > There are two major > cases which it should cover: > > a) Handling "legacy" (v4 and prior) symbols which do not specify a > library nickname > b) Handling missing libraries or symbols > i) A library has been moved or deleted > ii) An item has been renamed in a library > > The rescue tool does not seem to work at all now, with the new > sym-lib-table approach. I think I > have come up with a way to combine the two tools that provides a better > approach anyhow. > > 2. Let users "remap" multiple times. > > The current implementation only allows remap if *all* the symbols are > un-mapped. If a partial > remap occurs then the users are left high and dry. Partial remaps should > be allowed, this gives > the users chance to fix their library tables or whatever. > > 3. Separate project-remap from symbol-remap > > The regeneration of library tables should be separate from symbol > remapping. Rescue the project > once, (with a visible warning to user at first project load, as is > currently the case). But, > allow symbol remap from the menu at any stage (even if there are no > symbols to remap!) > > 4. Group similar symbols together when remapping > > If a schematic has 100+ 'R' symbols, they should be grouped together so > that they can *all* be > remapped at once. Collect similar symbols together. (See demonstrator > image below). > > 5. Allow manual remap selection > > If auto-remapping fails for a particular symbol, allow the user to select > a new symbol manually > > 6. Allow skipping of remapped symbols > > Some may be not able to be remaped at the current time. Allow user to > skip and come back later. > > 7. Provide a dry-run first and let the user see what is happening. > > > I have actually implemented all of the points above. See demonstrator > images here: > > A) Dry run with explicit output messages, and information on what will be > changed > > Inline image 1 > > B) Success! > > Inline image 2 > > If this is a good approach I will spend some more time on this, there are > still some issues to > work out. However, It is (to me) a much cleaner approach. > > Thoughts? > > Oliver
Remember there is a tool in schematic editor ( "Edit / Edit Components to Symbol Library Links" ) that should seriously help for global remapping. -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
