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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/10/2014 08:22 AM, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 08:15:44AM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
>> I think we need to save that footprint in the PROJECT.  Maybe put it there upon wxFrame
>> destruction, and go get it upon wxFrame creation.  That makes it project specific.
> 
> Wouldn't be better if the footprint were standalone? Footprints at the
> end 'starts' in the libraries and 'ends' on a board (project). I'd say
> the footprint in edit is logically in the footprint editor frame (so
> theorically you could open more than one editor, a useful feature).
> 
> If the footprint is simply picked from a lib for edit is there a project
> associated? Maybe the default 'noname' project?
> 
> It doesn't feel right to me having it tied to the project :P


The set of libraries in use dictate how the footprint editor operates, its scope, its
reach.   So it seems we disagree.