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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/8/2016 8:55 AM, jp charras wrote:
> Le 08/04/2016 14:38, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>> By lbr file do you mean schematic component libraries or board footprint
>> libraries?  If you mean component libraries than Nick's comments apply
>> and the schematic plugin doesn't exist yet but is part of the current
>> development cycle.  If you mean footprint libraries, then they have not
>> been implemented yet.  See the commented out section at the bottom of
>> pcbnew/eagle_plugin.cpp for the plugin functions that need to be
>> implemented to support handling eagle footprint libraries.
>>
> 
> AFAIK, the .lbr footprint libraries plugin was written by Dick, and .lbr Eagle footprint libraries
> (in xml format, version 6.2) are currently natively supported by Pcbnew (Read only, of course)
> 

This is correct.  There is no support for Eagle schematic symbol
libraries as of right now.  Once the schematic I/O plugin and new file
formats are written, Eagle schematic and symbol library support can be
added.  I have already roughed out the schematic I/O plugin in my
development branch but it's now where near usable and it will most
likely be around the end of summer until I have something ready to
commit for handling the legacy file formats.  It will probably be a
couple of months after that before the new file format work is complete.