Fixes have been pushed. Let me know if they don’t solve the issue…. Cheers, Jeff.
> On 22 Nov 2018, at 18:09, Jeff Young <[email protected]> wrote: > > “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 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
