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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

How does this compare to the new fp lib table wizard?

2015-01-22 6:09 GMT+01:00 Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi folks!
>
> I have a question about adding another feature to the fp-lib-tables manager,
> which is already pretty crowded and I want to get buy-in before even
> attempting a patch.
>
> Background:
>
> Running into another issue with the KiCad Mac experience. Just to recap, I'm
> trying for 2 DMGs.
>
> One is called "KiCad Extras" and currently includes the modules from github,
> and the fp-table-lib.for-pretty renamed just fp-table-lib.  The idea is that
> users can download the extras DMG, and no longer need to be online for
> Kicad.
>
> The modules directory is fine, we provide a "drop target" (just a symlink)
> of /Library/Application Support/kicad/.
>
> However, the fp-table-lib is tricky.  The per-user "global" (across
> projects" fp-table-lib is located in ~/Library/Preferences/kicad/ We cannot
> make a "drop target" in a DMG that points to ~/.
>
> Making a "package" works around this, but users don't like packages unless
> they're part of App Store (because they usually don't realize they're
> packages :)).  I don't want to do that.
>
> Question:  Would a way to "load default fp-lib-tables" be useful to other
> people in the library table manager?  This would take a look at what
> fp-lib-tables.* are available in a location, and give users the ability to
> replace their fp-lib-tables with known defaults--i.e. I want to use github,
> I want to use eagle, I want to use on-disk pretties downloaded from
> github...
>
> The more I think about this, I think that it might not only help the Mac
> install experience, but actually help the new user experience on all
> platforms.
>
> Thoughts?  (and greetings from Montreal, where I am on business and also
> working on Kicad Mac nightlies while stuffed with curry poutine...)
>
> Adam Wolf
> Cofounder and Engineer
> W&L
>
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