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[Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It seems it is still not clear what I meant, so one last try to clarify.

Lets assume I have *my own* KiCad repository (git, svn, whatever) on *my server* which looks like this:
KiCad-Repo/
   Modules/
     abc.pretty/
       …
     xyz.pretty/
       …
   Packages3D/
      abc/
         …
   fp-lib-table
The KiCad-Repo/fp-lib-table contains everything of *my* repository.

Regardless from where KiCad expects it I sync this repository to somewhere in my home directory.
Using $KISYSMOD and $KISYS3DMOD i can point KiCad directly to use my …/KiCad-Repo/Modules or
…/KiCad-Repo/Packages3D folder. 
No need to copy/link/etc. the modules/models anywhere or sync them to some KiCad specific folder (I would possibly forget to save/submit on next reinstall).
The same on all my machines… just sync, no need to configure sth. via GUI, etc. Yes, I have to set $KISYS… correctly.

The only “problem” with that setup is that I can’t point KiCad to just use my …/KiCad-Repo/fp-lib-table.
Currently, I symlink ~/Library/Preferences/kicad/fp-lib-table => …/KiCad-Repo/fp-lib-table.

This works without any problems, but normally no user would fiddle around in the preferences folder to do that.
And, I don’t see any reason why the base path for fp-lib-table also shouldn’t be configurable to support such a repository setup (I don’t think that it is so uncommon).

Either using $KISYSMOD or defining a new variable seemed to be pretty trivial at first glance, but you for sure know the code better than me.
So, if this is interesting, I could try to come up with a patch.
If not, I will live with symlinks just as I do now.


Regards,
Bernhard

> On 22 Feb 2015, at 22:21, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 2/22/2015 4:17 PM, LordBlick wrote:
>> In response to a message written on 22.02.2015, 17:40, from Bernhard
>> Stegmaier:
>>> Hi all,
>>> […]
>>> The last thing I came across is location of global fp-lib-table.
>>> […]
>>> Wouldn’t it make more sense or be more consistent to have it in
>>> $KISYSMOD where
>>> all models are?
>> In my personal preference, best place is in configuration files dir, but if
>> someone needs other place, might create non-conflicting with present way
>> - some
>> checkbox, code and edit field for override default.
>> 
>> 
> That and a rewrite of the underlying fp-lib-table code which currently
> only handles the two scenarios that I described.
> 
> 
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