How's this? Adam
On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 9:52 PM Andrew Lutsenko <[email protected]> wrote: > That sounds good to me. > There is also that MacOS security feature that turns /Applications/... > paths into some obfuscated virtual paths (as seen by the app, even though > those dirs don't exist) and that may spook an uninformed average user. So I > would also add that it's best to stick to the paths that are within user > directory ($HOME on linux/mac, %APPDATA% on Win). > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 7:24 PM Adam Wolf <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hmm. Interesting. I don't know what package ever had >> /Applications/kicad/Kicad/Contents/SharedSupport/scripting/plugins missing >> a .app in /Applications/kicad.app/, but the Mac package has had a lot of >> history. >> >> What's the next step here... add some words saying "Modern macOS installs >> likely have them at XXXXX, but if it doesn't seem like these are right, try >> running >> >> import pcbnewprint pcbnew.PLUGIN_DIRECTORIES_SEARCH >> >> in the scripting console"? >> >> Adam >> >> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 9:03 PM Andrew Lutsenko <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Adam, >>> Please note that current paths are actually correct for previous >>> versions of MacOS. I'm not sure exactly when the change happened but the >>> paths you are suggesting are valid for latest versions of MacOS and kicad. >>> Maybe it's worth to add a note stating that these paths are correct for >>> latest versions of the software. >>> Also there is a simple way to get all valid paths from kicad itself, I >>> have it described in the wiki for my plugin here >>> https://github.com/openscopeproject/InteractiveHtmlBom/wiki/Installation >>> >>> > Above list may be out of date or inaccurate for your OS >>> version/distribution. You can get full list of directories that pcbnew is >>> scanning for plugins by running this in scripting console: >>> >>> import pcbnewprint pcbnew.PLUGIN_DIRECTORIES_SEARCH >>> >>> >>> Having that in the docs would be useful too. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Andrew >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 6:35 PM Adam Wolf <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Fixes https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1789960. >>>> >>>> Adam >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>
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