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[Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx>]

The latest 4090 appears to work the same. I'll have to test on Linux,
because maybe there is some difference there.

Best Regards, Brian.


On 10 April 2013 22:39, Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> On 10 April 2013 20:49, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Brian,
>>
>> a) I fixed bugs related to use of KICAD_PTEMPLATE environment
>> variable.  Iterminate it with SEP() now if
>> not set that way, necessary for use of common code in TAB creation.
>> Probably never tested before I stumbled onto it.
>>
>> (I am not allowed to use KiCad, only fix it, or so it seems lately.)
>>
>>
>> b) Updated kicad.odt to reflect proper spelling of that environment
>> variable.
>>
>>
>> c) updated header file where doxygen will grab that same spelling,
>> previously erroneously spelt, also missing P.
>>
>>
> Hi Dick,
>
> I've just grabbed the kicad docs. Ashamedly I didn't have them before now!
> I didn't know the project templates had been documented. It was on my TODO
> list.
>
>
>>
>> d) question why we are copying the *.pro file when one is being
>> created.  I end up with two *.pro files in the same directory, one
>> from the template dir and the one being created which has a different
>> basename.
>>
>>
>> e) question why we are not renaming basename of cloned files to the
>> basename of new project.
>>
>>
>>
>> d) and e) are solicitations of your opinion.
>>
>
> d) and e) are both incorrect (and changed) behaviour if that is the case.
>
> I've just tested with build 3957 which appears to work correctly for me
> according to the documentation anyway. I'll compile the latest and try
> again with the raspberry-pi template.
>
> Best Regards, Brian.
>
>