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[jean-pierre charras - INPG <jean-pierre.charras@...>]

Karl Schmidt a écrit :
> In (kicad-0.0.20080825 c) I have confirmed that "place the power port" 
> HAS to use power symbols from
> power.lib - the same lib under a different name will not work.
Obviously yes, because this is a shortcut to this library
> You can select the power device by entering its name followed by 
> 'Enter', but it will never let you
> place it with a left click.
This works well for me !
> There is a place in 'onleftclick. cpp' that is hardcoded for 'power'.
>
> It has always been my practice to use my own libraries so that when an 
> upgrade comes along, nothing
> gets overwritten.
>
> I can select the same power symbol with the "select the component" 
> icon and search and place it -
> perhaps eeschema should not let this happen?
What is the problem ?
A power symbol is a component, like an other one.
> If this is the intended operation, I'm guessing that the reason has to 
> do with ERC? - (a hinted on
> the user list under "Netlist Generation and Custom Power symbols".)
I do not understand what you mean.
> I am creating some documentation and will write this up as is - I 
> think the best way to fix this is
> to create a users lib directory and have a link to the distributed lib 
> directory that should be
> read_only.
What do you handle the libraries priority ?
Read only libraries option is obvious under Linux and others unices. 
This is not a kicad problem.
> Is there anything special about device.lib?
Nothing special.

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