https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/610ff7485ff8659cec69568a734e059429aca151/common/pgm_base.cpp
You have to look at KISYSMOD and then KISYS3DMOD which appends to the path made for KISYSMOD On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 6:01 PM, Clemens Koller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Joerg! > > On 2018-01-09 18:49, Jörg Hermann wrote: > > Is this behaviour somehow related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ > kicad/+bug/1677545 > > Maybe... remotely. > KISYS3DMOD's default path, as well as it's handling, seems to be off a bit. > > My question is: Is Kicad supposed to work with ~/... in general or - for > some very good reason - needs the expanded (absolute) /home/<username>/... ? > If ~/... is an acceptable pathname, then there is a bug to hunt in the > latest git. > > In other words: Where is the code where file + pathnames are abstracted to > make it work across all platforms in this case? > kicad.git/common/env_paths.cpp ? > > Regards, > > Clemens > > > > > >> On 9. Jan 2018, at 15:38, Nick Østergaard <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> If you really want to start from scratch then you may also want to > remove the ~/.cache/kicad (or there about, I am not on linux right now). > But it is not as important, it only contains the scene graph model cache. > (Or what ever it is really called) > >> > >> 2018-01-09 14:55 GMT+01:00 Clemens Koller <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>>: > >> > >> Hi! > >> > >> I am testing latest-git on Linux, collecting some UX issues when > starting Kicad from scratch (*): > >> > >> On a new installation, I cannot execute 3D Shape Downloader out of > the box. KISYS3DMOD points to ~/SW/share/kicad/modules/packages3d after > installation to ~/SW/share/kicad/bin. > >> > >> This folder doesn't exist yet at this point, but could be created > by Kicad. > >> (The behaviour is still the same even when > >> ~/SW/share/kicad/modules/packages3d > was created in advance.) > >> > >> The 3D Shape Downloader then tells me: > >> "It's not possible to write in the selected directory. Please > choose anothe one." > >> > >> When I press "Default 3D Path", I would expect that it resets the > path to a default working one, > >> but an message tells me that "KISYS3DMOD path not defined , or not > existing". > >> > >> Anyway it's possible to hit the Next-> button just to realize than > after an hour of downloading, the download is going to fail -> Duh! > >> When I replace the ~/ with /home/admin/ everything seems to work. > >> Is there a reason that the ~ cannot be used from within Kicad? > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Clemens > >> > >> (*) Kicad rebuilt from src and started from scratch after rm > ~/.config/kicad > >> > >> > >> --- > >> Application: kicad > >> Version: (2018-01-08 <tel:%282018-01-08> revision > 0e9c8a423)-master, release build > >> Libraries: > >> wxWidgets 3.0.3 > >> libcurl/7.57.0 OpenSSL/1.1.0g zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.4 > libpsl/0.19.1 (+libidn2/2.0.4) libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.29.0 > >> Platform: Linux 4.14.12-1-ARCH x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK > >> Build Info: > >> wxWidgets: 3.0.3 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) > GTK+ 2.24 > >> Boost: 1.66.0 > >> Curl: 7.57.0 > >> Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 with C++ ABI 1011 > >> > >> Build settings: > >> USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF > >> USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF > >> KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON > >> KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON > >> KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON > >> KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON > >> BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON > >> KICAD_USE_OCE=ON > >> KICAD_SPICE=ON > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Mark
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