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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I also don't know what those buildingblocks are.  As far as I know, kicad
libraries are directories that end in .pretty.

I think you may want to talk with the library maintainers, but I'm not sure.

Adam Wolf
On Jan 12, 2015 10:45 AM, "Bob Gustafson" <bobgus@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>  OK, bad example from the file list.
>
> If I use:
>
> /Library/Application
> Support/kicad/library/Buildingblocks/555-BuildingBlocks_RevB
> /Library/Application
> Support/kicad/library/Buildingblocks/555-BuildingBlocks_RevB/555-Oscillator-Adjustable-BuildingBlock_RevB
>
> If I search within eeschema for 555, I get LM555, but I think that is a
> component put in months ago when I was initially playing with KiCad.
>
> I don't see 'Buildingblocks' in my eeschema search window
>
> I suspect that the LM555 I do see is on a different path.
>
> Bob G
>
> On 01/12/2015 10:23 AM, Adam Wolf wrote:
>
> Yup, that's a template.  I do not know how those work, but they're not
> added via eeschema's add function.
>
> Adam Wolf
> On Jan 12, 2015 9:59 AM, "Bob Gustafson" <bobgus@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>  Sorry, it is stellaris - not sitarra (I have a sitarra board here..)
>>
>> /Library/Application Support/kicad/template/ti-stellaris-boosterpack40/*
>>
>> Bob G
>>
>> On 01/12/2015 08:21 AM, Adam Wolf wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> I think ti-sitara may be a template or a board file, not a library part.
>> What is the full name of that file?
>>
>> Adam Wolf
>> On Jan 12, 2015 8:18 AM, "Bob Gustafson" <bobgus@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Adam
>>>
>>> OK, attached is a grab of the screen area containing eeschema and a
>>> library popup (KiCadScreenDump.jpg). The files in the popup have been there
>>> for months. I searched around for my example file - ti-sitarra, but didn't
>>> find it.
>>>
>>> The second attachment is the output of the find command directed to a
>>> text file (liblist.tx).
>>>
>>> Let me know if you need anything else.
>>>
>>> Bob G
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/11/2015 11:16 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bob,
>>>>
>>>> In eeschema, put your mouse over the canvas and press a. Take a
>>>> screenshot of what pops up.  You can do that quickly with command-shift-4,
>>>> I think.
>>>>
>>>> Can you attach that?
>>>>
>>>> Then, can you, in a terminal, type:
>>>>
>>>> find /Library/Application\ Support/kicad/libraries
>>>>
>>>> If there are a lot of entries, can you send as a text file attachment?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Adam Wolf
>>>> Cofounder and Engineer
>>>> W&L
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>