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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/5/2016 5:46 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> Hi Maciej,
> 
> It looks quite good. It looks way more user friendly and the fact that
> it updates instantly. I have not tested how it behaves if there are
> parts with the same name.
> 
> But I noticed that the toolbar form the left just seems to have been
> moved on the right and filling 50%, I guess that is just an
> intermediate commit.
> 
> But I wonder if the filter should be able to also consider the library
> name. Currently it seems to only consider the parts. For example if I
> write the exact name for my library it will not show up in the tree
> view. It is quite usefull that you can position the tree view
> whereever you want. Just an idea, would it make sense that it can be
> closed, sort of like with the layer manager in pcbnew.

It should show all search matches, even duplicate symbols in multiple
libraries.  The symbol library table should be done soon so the library
ordering issue will go away and symbols will be assigned the same way
footprints current are assigned with the library nickname and the symbol
name.

> 
> Nick
> 
> 2016-12-05 17:52 GMT+01:00 Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>:
>> Since some time we have been working on eeschema library editor with the
>> goal of simplifying the user interface. Now it is available for
>> beta testing [1] and I would appreciate some feedback.
>>
>> Changes:
>> - symbol tree widget (thanks to Michele Castellana)
>> - opening multiple components at the same time
>> - creating a new library adds it to the project libraries
>> - cut/copy/paste symbols between libraries
>> - most of the actions are available in the top menu now
>>
>> I have modified a few icons too (import/export/save part), though they
>> need pixel-accurate scaling to look fine, so for now they are just an
>> idea to be discussed.
>>
>> I invite you to build the code and take it for a test drive, but if all
>> you want is a quick overview of the changes, then there is a short
>> screencast too [2].
>>
>> Regards,
>> Orson
>>
>> 1. https://code.launchpad.net/~orsonmmz/kicad/+git/kicad/+ref/libedit
>> 2. https://vimeo.com/194371466
>>
>>
>>
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