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[Karl Schmidt <karl@...>]

Dick Hollenbeck wrote:

> Can you build the source yourself?

Yes, I've even thought about how I could make the changes myself. My concern would be I would break 
something elsewhere that I don't know about.

> If so, maybe we can pursue a compile time option for starters, then 
> maybe add a config file variable in the future which is likely more work.
>
> I may spend a few minutes studying the source if you can say that the 
> compile time option would be acceptable.

Yes - acceptable as long as I don't distract you from something more important.

> This means you would have a 
> non-standard Kicad, but you can always apply your patch to any source 
> you pull down. More time than that I do not have.

My big hope is this would make it to a wish list item. (I noticed another thread where people were 
thinking of what ought to be standard fields for shared library parts.) I can work around it for 
now - I'm planing out how to construct my libs and this issue froze my decision process. I'm 
creating a template part that will have my standard fields in it - then when I create a new part, I 
just edit from that.

The right way to fix this would involve an add-field button and a some interface work. On the other 
hand, just increasing the user fields to 14 would solve it for me.

,.,.

BTW - I used PADSPCB/powerpcb/logic from all the way back during DOS, (no limit to part-fields in 
Logic that I remember.) It occurred to me while running that software, that the library really 
could be served from a data-base - that way third-party software could inter-operate live (ie 
accounting/purchasing/alternative-entry).

I really appreciate your efforts.

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