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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/11/2016 4:14 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> 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.

I'm OK with this.  I'll fix this in my next batch of Eeschema changes.

> 
> 2016-12-11 22:13 GMT+01:00 Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Would it be bad to support both?

We would have to be careful in the case of conflicting paths.  Other
than that, I don't see an issue with supporting both other than the
additional code which I'm not terribly thrilled about maintaining.

>>
>> 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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