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Re: Need feedback on new way of pcbnew importing footprints

 

Hi. I pulled from your branch but it constantly gives library error.
Library wizard does not help anymore. Might there anything be related with
your changes, or am I missing something else?

2016-01-05 23:10 GMT+02:00 Jon Neal <reportingsjr@xxxxxxxxx>:

> here is the patch:
> https://github.com/reportingsjr/kicad-source-mirror/commit/dd96d250321b17e0f8691d5623ea202f8762023c.patch
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 3:03 PM Jon Neal <reportingsjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> If no one has any complaints or suggestions then this patch is ready to
>> be included.
>>
>> I can generate a git diff with commit, author etc if needed, just let me
>> know.
>>
>> Also, I accidentally sent this to Maciej only earlier:
>> Simon Richter mentioned that doing a swap was a cleaner method of doing
>> it for a variety of reasons. It doesn't really have to be done that way,
>> just following his advice.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 10:55 AM Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> > On Jan 4, 2016, at 6:59 PM, Jon Neal <reportingsjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I asked about this a while back and got a little bit of feedback, I
>>> now have a patch for people to try.
>>> >
>>> > What this does is when you import a netlist (in GAL only though) it
>>> automatically spreads out all newly added footprints and it places them all
>>> in "selection + move" mode. So basically you import, close the import
>>> window, and immediately click wherever to plonk down the new footprints.
>>> >
>>> > I want to know if people like this method of importing (I think it is
>>> nicer than piling all of the footprints on top of each other wherever).
>>>
>>>
>>> YES!
>>>
>>> -a
>>>
>>>
>>>
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