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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Would it be bad to support both?

2016-12-11 22:07 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hey Nick,
>
> KICAD_SYS_SYMBOL_DIR is much more readable than KISYSSYM.  I was
> actually thinking about changing KISYSMOD to KICAD_SYS_FOOTPRINT_DIR for
> the sake of consistency in spite of the obvious grumbling it will cause.
>  I just haven't gotten around to getting other user's opinions yet.  At
> some point before the stable 5 release, I will change one of the two
> variable names so they are consistent.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 12/11/2016 3:27 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>> Hi Wayne
>>
>> I just noticed, https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/pull/805
>>
>> I see that you expect KICAD_SYS_SYMBOL_DIR instead of KISYSSYM. I
>> think the latter is better for the sake of consistency.
>>
>> 2016-12-10 16:39 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> I just pushed the commit for loading the symbol library table.  The
>>> first time you run Eeschema with the changes, you will be prompted about
>>> loading the default symbol library table.  This is the same mechanism
>>> that is implemented in the footprint library table code so it will be
>>> familiar.  Unless you have a fairly recent copy of the kicad library
>>> repo from github, an empty symbol library table will be created in your
>>> kicad config folder.  You will need to copy the full version of
>>> sym-lib-table from the kicad library repo to your kicad config folder if
>>> this is the case.  Please note that the symbol library table is not
>>> being used yet.  This is just loads the the table.  If all goes well,
>>> the symbol library table will be fully implemented before the holiday break.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>
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