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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/19/2014 07:33 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> On 8/18/2014 5:46 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
>>
>>>> I will do the "workaround" reordering of my libraries.. not a problem for me now that I know how it works..
>>>
>>>
>>> I think the sort() call has to go, so I now think you discovered something.
>>>
>>> Should have a fix in minutes.
>>>
>>> When the foundations get simpler, so do the algorithms.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dick
>>
>>
>> This one simplifies everything by removing the sort() and the sortOrder support.   The
>> library list is loaded in the proper order, I know of no reason to sort it.
>>
>> Guys please try this one instead of other, and comment.
>>
>> It is even simpler yet, and gets rid of the sort-order global which *would not fly* in a
>> multiple project situation.
>>
>>
>> Dick
>>
> 
> Dick,
> 
> That fixed it.  Thanks again for the quick response.
> 
> Wayne


I committed that.

There is still a design flaw in the part picker.

It does not consider the current nature of how parts are actually chosen by eeschema.

If I have part 'R' in mylib, and it is also in library devices, it shows me devices as my
top and only candidate as I type in 'R'.