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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

That would work as a long term solution as well.  I was trying to at
least prove that it can be done without make changes to the current
code.   Until a full solution is implemented, users (me) will have an
interim solution if they want to use the spice simulator.

Cheers,

Wayne

On 9/30/2016 3:40 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> We have also discussed on IRC another possibility, which is loading the
> extensions manually instead of having ngspice process its initialization
> file (spinit). This way we can adjust the paths during runtime.
> 
> Regards,
> Orson
> 
> On 09/29/2016 08:51 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> After much cursing and many config attempts, I finally have a working
>> spice simulation solution on windows.  I'm guessing similar parallels
>> can be applied to osx as well.
>>
>>
>> Option A: running from a mingw32 or mingw64 terminal.
>>
>> 1) copy the installed spinit file (by default will be in
>> ${MINGW-PACKAGE-PREFIX}/share/ngspice/scripts) to ~/.spiceinit.
>> 2) change the msys2 paths (/mingw##) in ~/.spiceinit to absolute windows
>> paths with / not \ (in my case C:/msys64/mingw##).
>> 3) Launch kicad.exe from the terminal.
>>
>> I realize this is not very elegant and will only work with either the 64
>> or 32 bit mingw (not both without editing .spiceinit) but it works and
>> is handy for mingw users.
>>
>>
>> Option B: configuring windows and run kicad from a shortcut.
>>
>> 1) locate the installed spinit file
>> ($INSTALL_PATH/share/ngspice/scripts) and change the msys2 paths
>> (/mingw##) to absolute windows paths with / not \ (in my case
>> C:/msys64/mingw##).
>> 2) Run kicad, open the config paths dialog, and add an environment
>> variable SPICE_LIB_DIR with path to the spinit file minus the last
>> "scripts" path ($INSTALL_PATH/share/ngspice).
>>
>> I also tried copying the .spiceinit file from option A to %USERPROFILE%
>> but that did not work when launching kicad from a shortcut.
>>
>> Option B a cleaner solution but still requires some configuration by the
>> user.  This is going to be an interesting problem to solve for our
>> package devs.  We need to figure out a way to generate or modify the
>> spinit file base on where it gets installed by the installer on
>> platforms where this is relevant.  We will also either have to set an
>> the SPICE_LIB_DIR environment variable or teach ngspice how to find the
>> correct spinit file at run time.
>>
>> At least now windows users have a way to have the same functional spice
>> simulation as linux users.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
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