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Re: Need feedback on new way of pcbnew importing footprints

 

Hi Jon,

The base errors were related with the library files' permissions. Sorry for
the false alarm :\

2016-01-07 23:42 GMT+02:00 Jon Neal <reportingsjr@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi,
>
> I'd be pretty surprised if my patch were causing library errors. Can you
> post more specifically what the errors are? If it is that footprints can't
> be found can you post your fp-lib-table?
>
> Lastly maybe you can try doing git checkout origin/master and compiling
> and trying that out. I've definitely had my library table wiped by
> monkeying around with kicad installations.
>
> Jon
>
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 4:02 PM Cerem Cem ASLAN <ceremcem@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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