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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ignore the first, please!

Thanks Wayne.

Adam

On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 8:28 AM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Adam,
>
> Is the second patch replace the first one or do I need to merge both
> patches?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 11/27/2018 8:59 AM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> > How's this?
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 9:52 PM Andrew Lutsenko <anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx>> 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
> >     <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> 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 pcbnew
> >         print pcbnew.PLUGIN_DIRECTORIES_SEARCH
> >
> >         in the scripting console"?
> >
> >         Adam
> >
> >         On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 9:03 PM Andrew Lutsenko
> >         <anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx>> 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 pcbnew
> >             print 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
> >             <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >             <mailto:adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >                 Fixes https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1789960.
> >
> >                 Adam
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