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Re: cvPCB search

 

The search dialog I was talking about it not for footprints, but I
guess it could be modified to do so. Henner added the fancy symbol
search dialog that you should see when adding a symbol in eeschema.
Here is his announcement, if you are interested in more details on it.

I think it is worth looking into.

https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg12292.html

2015-04-23 2:34 GMT+02:00 Lukasz Iwaszkiewicz <lukasz.iwaszkiewicz@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi
>
>    Which search dialog do you mean? I didn't know there is some mechanism
> for searching for footprints thus I made mine. I improved it a little and
> attached a patch (made with bzr diff). The only thing I didn't know how to
> do is a new icon, thus I used library filtering one. I mean I made the SVG
> one, but didn't know how to convert it to cpp.
>
> Best regards.
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I was wondering... Why not use the search dialog from eeschema that Henner
>> made?
>>
>> Den 22/04/2015 15.06 skrev "jp charras" <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> Le 22/04/2015 01:43, Lukasz Iwaszkiewicz a écrit :
>>> > Hi
>>> >
>>> >   I made simple search mechanism for finding footprints in cvPCB
>>> > (accessible from menu and Ctrl-F) because I badly needed it:
>>> >
>>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaATBRrfTsM
>>> >
>>> > Do you think it is of some use for others? Should I improve it or don't
>>> > bother?
>>> > Regards.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Thanks for your interest in Kicad.
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>>> The best way to appreciate it is to try it.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
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