“Just saving in .dcm file” was how I meant it to work, but it is indeed buggy. Fixes on the way….
> On 21 Nov 2018, at 18:46, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 11/21/2018 1:17 PM, Rene Pöschl wrote: >> On 21/11/2018 18:38, Jeff Young wrote: >>>> Version 5.0.x (and version 4.0.x) gave us the option to store the >>>> datasheets for both >>>> aliases and main symbols in the dcm file. >>> Right; that hasn’t changed. What’s changed (or should have changed) >>> is that the above is the *only* option. >>> >>> So is it not OK for that to be the only option, or is it just not >>> working that way? >>> >>> (Sorry for not testing it myself, but I’m knee-deep in the >>> paste-symbol-twice-revert crash bug.) >> >> We just need a way to set the datasheet stuff in the dcm file for non >> aliases. Right now there is only one input field that stores it in the >> lib file. >> >> One option that comes to mind is that the current layout of one entry >> field is kept. But that there is some setting that controls if it is >> stored in the dcm or lib file. (If we simply say that the current entry >> field saves to the dcm file someone who currently uses only the lib file >> field will be unhappy.) >> > > This is the subtle issue here. If you created a symbol with no aliases, > no root description, and no root keywords then it might be prudent to > save the datasheet text in the datasheet field in the library file which > would result in an empty dcm file. Any other condition should result in > the root symbol datasheet text being saved in the dcm file. My > preference would be to just save it in the dcm file since this will be > the only option when the new symbol file format is implemented. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
