Hi Attila, There is a right-click context menu that should let you cut/copy/paste symbols between libraries, including project specific ones. I think the way of renaming symbols has not changed, i.e. you simply modify the Value field.
Cheers, Orson On 07/10/2018 02:56 PM, Attila Kinali wrote: > Hi, > > I've been trying out rc3 the last couple of days and stumbled over > one (minor) detail. Previously, when I wanted to create a new schematic > symbol, I used to choose one that is suitably close to what I need > (often there was already a symbol for the same part in a different package > or a similar part where only a few pins need to be changed), > would edit it and in the end store it in the project specific library. > > Now with Kicad 5, that doesn't work anymore. Even though, I can dublicate > symbols, they are already in a specific library, i.e. I cannot move them > to the project library. I also cannot change the symbol name (at least > I couldn't find a menu point to do that). > > The only way, to dublicate a symbol that I could figure out is to export the > symbol, edit the file to change the name and aliases, then import > it again. This is kind of cumbersome. Is there an easier way? > > Additionally, I would suggest, when importing a symbol to show a > pop-up window to select the library to which the symbol should be > imported to (with the current library being selected as default). > This would make the selection of the library more obvious for > mere mortals like me. > > Attila Kinali > _______________________________________________ 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