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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I definitely haven't wrapped my head about how eeschema is planned to be
changed in the near/far-future, but this looks slick.

Adam Wolf

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski <
tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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