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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/23/2013 10:32 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> Succumbing to top posting:
> 
> 
> I just checked in a fix to the Linux scripting builds (i.e. DSO form) with GITHUB_PLUGIN
> enabled.   (So you should soon update to avoid merge conflicts.)
> 
> 
> I enhanced IO_MGR::GuessPluginTypeFromLibPath() to support GITHUB_PLUGIN.  You can also
> use it from python.
> 
> 
> This means you could use lib_convert.py to download and install locally any github based
> footprint library in about 3 seconds, just by making that the lib_source argument.


Although you can also do that from the module editor, menu option: "save current library
as other" or such?