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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/4/2014 10:01 PM, Ian wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been lurking on the list for a while, and enjoy KiCad a lot -
> hopefully I can contribute some day.
> 
> Anyway, I just rebuilt on the product branch at revision 4658.  It is
> the first I've used the footprint library table, and so I remembered
> this message and went off to find the documentation.  Where is the
> documentation on the footprint library table?  The "HTML" link
> at http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/KiCad+Documentation for pcbnew
> is broken, and the pdf version of the document doesn't seem to have
> anything about it (it says it was published on February 17, 2012).
> 
> I gather that the docs are all created from *.odt files so I searched
> for them in the source tree, but didn't have any luck.
> 
> I'm sure it's right in front of my face, but if I could get a pointer to
> the up to date docs containing info about the footprint library table
> that'd be great.  If someone points to how I can get a kicad confluence
> account (if that's something anyone can do), I'll gladly fill in the
> info on the Documentation page.  I'm sure others will have the same
> issues as me.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ian

Ian,

You can get a copy of the latest documentation by running

bzr branch lp:~kicad-developers/kicad/doc

The user documentation was split out from the source so folks who were
only interested in helping with the user docs didn't need to check out
all of the source code as well.

Wayne

> 
> 
> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 6:17 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     As of the KiCad testing branch r4535, footprint library tables are
>     enable by default.  The lead developers felt that it was ready for
>     general use.  I also committed changes to the CvPcb and Pcbnew user's
>     manuals (r524) to include documentation for using the GitHub plugin.
>     Please test the new footprint library table and report any bugs.  Before
>     you report a footprint library table bug, please read the "Footprint
>     Library Table" section of either the CvPcb or Pcbnew (they should be
>     identical) user's manual.  This way, if the bug is a configuration
>     issue,  I can fix the documentation as well.  If anyone on the
>     developer's mailing list is on the user's mailing list at Yahoo, please
>     forward this announcement so user's are aware of the changes since they
>     are pretty significant.  Thanks in advance for your patience and
>     support.
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>     Wayne
> 
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