2006/3/16, Ian bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
The first rule should be do not modify a Kicad library, but instead create your own, with an other name, event if the component source is get from a Kicad library. So your file will never overwritten when you upgrade Kicad.
Do not forget to add your library to your project.
Danilo Uccelli
Dan Andersson wrote:
>
> Hiya,
>
> This is a "house keeping" question I assume been vented before, I didn't find
> an answer so here it is again.
>
> After spending a lot of time designing new sympols for my kicad installation,
> the created symbols and footprint info tend to dissapear every tim there are
> a new version of kicad installed.
>
> Is there any good and recommended procedure to secure added symbols or do I
> need to mess around with manual backups?!
>
This may well depend on wether you use the Linux or Windows version.
On Linux, the Kicad libraries are in a directory that normal users
only have read only access to. This means, if you create your own
symbols they have to be kept somewhere you have write acces to -
usually under your user directory. So if you update Kicad your own
libraries are unaffected.
Under Windows, users generally have write access to the directories
where Kicad is saved. So it is easy to create and storo your own
libraries in this same directory. The danger is these could be
overwritten when Kicad is upgraded. I would therefore advise you keep
all your own libraries, and indeed all your Kicad user files, in a
separate directory.
Ian
The first rule should be do not modify a Kicad library, but instead create your own, with an other name, event if the component source is get from a Kicad library. So your file will never overwritten when you upgrade Kicad.
Do not forget to add your library to your project.
Danilo Uccelli
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