Hi Bob,
I'm not sure this is the right thread for your question. Maybe start a
new one?
Adam Wolf
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Bob Gustafson <bobgus@xxxxxxx
<mailto:bobgus@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
On 01/22/2015 03:37 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
On 1/22/2015 4:35 PM, Bob Gustafson wrote:
If I don't do anything, KiCad wants the definition of
KISYSMOD as an
environment variable.
This is only true if you keep a copy of the footprint
libraries on your
system and you don't use the GitHub plugin to access them from
https://github.com/KiCad. Otherwise ${KISYSMOD} is replaced with
${KIGITHUB}. Either way, you need the correct environment
variable set.
Otherwise, no libraries.
Yep
What I do is: (in a Terminal window)
export KISYSMOD='~/kicad_sources/library-repos'
To run kicad - using the same Terminal window (to pick up the
KISYSMOD def)
~/KiCad/bin/kicad.app/Contents/MacOS/kicad
It runs, but when I try to pick up some components - it wants .mod
files - the repo directory only has .pretty
Later - I have to go now.
Bob G
The window PCB LIBRARY TABLES shows ${KISYSMOD}/ in front
of every
component.
The panel below on the PCB LIBRARY TABLES window shows
KISYSMOD as an
undefined environment variable.
Kicad has trouble if KISYSMOD is not defined prior to
running kicad
Bob G
On 01/22/2015 03:16 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
As of right now, the preloaded fp-lib-table files are
installed in
${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/kicad/template on Linux
and Windows. On
OSX they appear to be installed in
${OSX_BUNDLE_INSTALL_DIR}/${OSX_BUNDLE_SUP_DIR}/template
where ever that
works out to be. The fp-lib-table files themselves
are part of the
kicad-library source so hopefully the install path is
the same for them
on OSX as well.
On 1/22/2015 4:10 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
This is going to be slick, Wayne. Is there any
particular place that
seems decent to put the preconfigured
fp-table-libs? In my mind,
they're almost templates...
Adam Wolf
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Wayne Stambaugh
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On 1/22/2015 3:56 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> Do you mean <PREFSDIR>/fp-table-lib? (i.e., on
> Linux ~/.config/kicad/fp-lib-table?)
Yes.
>
> I really like this idea. The wizard
already does a good job
explaining
> what each type of fp-lib-table entry is.
Then it should be possible to add the code
to copy a pre-configured
fp-lib-table file to the proper path. The
only tricky part
would be
setting up any environment variables. I
have a patch that sets
default
environment variables for KIGITHUB and
KISYS3DMOD on start up. I
haven't designed the dialog to edit them
yet. It needs tested
on OSX so
I will post it some time tomorrow to get
some feed back. The
environment variables are saved in the
kicad_common config file
so you
could simple add new config entry for
something like KISYSMOD
from the
fp-lib-table wizard for footprint libraries
stored on the system
once I
commit the code.
>
> Adam Wolf
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Wayne
Stambaugh
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wrote:
>
> Maybe you could add an "Initialize
Global Table" mode to the
> fp-lib-table wizard where a predefined
table file is
copied to ~/. You
> could test for ~/fp-lib-table and
enter this mode
automatically or enter
> the "Edit Table" mode when
~/fp-lib-table is already
defined. This
> would also prevent further cluttering
of the library table
editor.
>
> On 1/22/2015 10:53 AM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> > The new fp-lib-table wizard is great
for adding new
entries to the
> > current table, but does not appear
to have a "load
defaults" type option.
> >
> > However, this is based on using it,
not reading the
code, so it is
> > possible the feature is included
somewhere I did not see.
> >
> > Adam Wolf
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 1:27 AM,
Nick Østergaard
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> >
> > How does this compare to the new
fp lib table wizard?
> >
> > 2015-01-22 6:09 GMT+01:00 Adam Wolf
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> > > 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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