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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Also, if we are to use the "verbose" version, can't we just drop the
_SYS part?  I don't see that as adding any information to the string.

2016-12-11 22:13 GMT+01:00 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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