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[Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo <miguelangel@xxxxxxx>]

Yes, may be they could be uploaded somewhere on the website, and find
a way to get the templates downloaded by the user...

It could make sense to keep them .zip packaged, to make people lives easier

template_xxxx.zip
   |
   |\template_xxxx
             |
             |\-file 1.sch
             |\-file 2.sch
             |\-file 3.brd



2012/5/15 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> On 5/14/2012 6:17 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I was recently thinking it would be cool to implement a templating
>> system for KiCad projects. This means including more than just a
>> project file as the basis of a new project.
>>
>> Particularly for people doing Arduino projects and the like, it would
>> be very handy to be able to select a template when starting a new
>> project as a kickstart. The template would be able to consist of any
>> file type, so could include various schematic files, and a board file.
>> To make it universal, I think it would be good to include several
>> templates with the KiCad install, but also have a search path (or
>> environmental variable pointing to a path) for user templates.
>>
>> I see a template as a simple directory of files. It need not be any
>> more complicated than that. It would be easy to implement, and if the
>> default project (which now only consists of a project file) were to
>> also include a schematic and board file, then any issue of a modal nag
>> box would be eradicated anyway.
>>
>> It should be a simple directory wildcard copy and rename. All we would
>> need to do is define a template structure which could consist of a
>> simple text file to provide a description of the template, perhaps
>> possibly with a few images. These description and image files would
>> not need to be copied to the new project directory so there would need
>> to be a defined structure and/or naming convention for the template
>> files.
>>
>> Does this sound like a valid proposal? I'd like to add this to the
>> project, so if it feels like a good direction to move in, we can
>> hammer out the details for a templating system.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Brian.
>>
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> I have no objections and think templates are a good idea.  Are you
> planning on providing a way for users to create their own custom templates?
>  I want to avoid making the KiCad source repo a place for everyone's
> favorite template that's why I'm asking.  Maybe there could be a templates
> section on the new KiCad website similar to what the LibreOffice website
> provides.
>
> Wayne
>
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