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[Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I've been experimenting to make an easier way of assigning footprints,
directly on schematics. The idea is to:
- put the list of available footprints (for each component) in the
Footprint Filter tab of the library editor component properties dialog.
This is always saved to the .lib file.
- parse the list of footprints in the component chooser dialog, looking
for complete FPIDs (not wildcards).
- show a list of available footprints and a preview (with some KIWAY
hackery...) and let the user choose the when choosing the component.
Screenshot in the attachment.

The advantage of the above is that no file format changes are needed, it
won't collide much with any future redesign of the schematic editor and
it eliminates the separate footprint assignment step from the workflow,
for those who don't like it.

I could post patches if someone wants to try them (the code is still
incomplete and buggy, though).

Cheers,
Tom

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