Re: [Kicad-developers] Question / maybe feature request

2019-05-16 Thread Steven A. Falco 
On 5/16/19 9:22 AM, John Beard wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> 
> On 15/05/2019 22:42, Steven A. Falco wrote:
> 
>> There are two things that would make this easier:
>>
>> 1) A way to assign a hot-key to a Symbol Editor grid setting; i.e. something 
>> similar to the pcbnew "Fast Switching" feature in the Grid menu.
> 
> I have added the N/Shift+N next/previous grid hotkeys to eeschema. Adding the 
> fast-switch grids is a bit more work, as they are still part of pcbnew 
> (whereas general grids have are now in the common tools framework).

N/Shift+N is very good; I didn't know about that one.

If possible, it would be really nice to show the current grid selection on the 
status line at the bottom of the window, along with the existing zoom level and 
XY cursor data.  Otherwise one has to remember the current grid setting to know 
how many times to type N/Shift+N.

>> 2) A way to have the Symbol Editor re-read the library file from the disk.  
>> Right now, I have to close and open the Symbol Editor to get it to read the 
>> symbol from a .lib file.  I have to iterate many times as I tune up my C 
>> program to generate the proper symbol elements, and it gets tedious to keep 
>> doing "close/open/select".
> 
> In the footprint editor, you can simply double click the footprint to reload 
> after an external edit. This doesn't work in the symbol editor. I assume it 
> would work after the new format lands, but in the meantime perhaps it can be 
> retrofitted to reload the library. Anyone know if that's possible?

Indeed.  That would be perfect, if possible.

Thanks John,
Steve


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Re: [Kicad-developers] Question / maybe feature request

2019-05-16 Thread John Beard 

Hi Steve,

On 15/05/2019 22:42, Steven A. Falco wrote:


There are two things that would make this easier:

1) A way to assign a hot-key to a Symbol Editor grid setting; i.e. something similar to 
the pcbnew "Fast Switching" feature in the Grid menu.


I have added the N/Shift+N next/previous grid hotkeys to eeschema. 
Adding the fast-switch grids is a bit more work, as they are still part 
of pcbnew (whereas general grids have are now in the common tools 
framework).

2) A way to have the Symbol Editor re-read the library file from the disk.  Right now, I 
have to close and open the Symbol Editor to get it to read the symbol from a .lib file.  
I have to iterate many times as I tune up my C program to generate the proper symbol 
elements, and it gets tedious to keep doing "close/open/select".


In the footprint editor, you can simply double click the footprint to 
reload after an external edit. This doesn't work in the symbol editor. I 
assume it would work after the new format lands, but in the meantime 
perhaps it can be retrofitted to reload the library. Anyone know if 
that's possible?


Cheers,

John

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Re: [Kicad-developers] Question / maybe feature request

2019-05-15 Thread Steven A. Falco 
On 5/15/19 6:49 PM, Eeli Kaikkonen wrote:
> to 16. toukok. 2019 klo 0.42 Steven A. Falco (stevenfa...@gmail.com 
> ) kirjoitti:
> 
> 
> 2) A way to have the Symbol Editor re-read the library file from the 
> disk.  Right now, I have to close and open the Symbol Editor to get it to 
> read the symbol from a .lib file.
> 
> 
> I think KiCad in general lacks the ability to reload files. That would be 
> handy for example when using git checkout. Many kinds of programs even 
> "listen" for changes in the file, give notice about it and offer to reload, 
> but it may be an overkill for KiCad.

Agreed - I thought about having KiCad watch for file changes, but that seems 
too complex.  I'd be very happy with a menu item or hot-key.

Steve


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Re: [Kicad-developers] Question / maybe feature request

2019-05-15 Thread Eeli Kaikkonen 
to 16. toukok. 2019 klo 0.42 Steven A. Falco (stevenfa...@gmail.com)
kirjoitti:

>
> 2) A way to have the Symbol Editor re-read the library file from the
> disk.  Right now, I have to close and open the Symbol Editor to get it to
> read the symbol from a .lib file.
>

I think KiCad in general lacks the ability to reload files. That would be
handy for example when using git checkout. Many kinds of programs even
"listen" for changes in the file, give notice about it and offer to reload,
but it may be an overkill for KiCad.

Eeli Kaikkonen
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