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[Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kristoffer,
I am a big supporter of this option. I am often in need of showing a
datasheet with a right click on component. It would be great to be able to
do it in the completed schematic as well as in the completed pcb layout.

cheers
Fabrizio



On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Kristoffer Ödmark <
kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There is a "show documentation" context field, but it only uses the
> documentation string, so if i put a value into the datasheet field. The
> menu doesnt show, I do not think that adding a "Show documentation" and a
> "Show Datasheet" is a good solution.
>
> I will create a patch, probably this weekend and submit, I think it will
> highlight the problem better. I believe its a trivial fix.
>
> - Kristoffer
>
>
> On 10/13/2017 01:54 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>
>> On 10/13/2017 6:19 AM, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks you very much for that clarification, I for one would really
>>> enjoy a clarification of the documentation and Datasheet string. KiCad
>>> has been around for quite a while now, interesting how technology has
>>> changed during that time.
>>>
>>> For another question, would It be okay to redirect the context menu in
>>> eeschema, so that the "Show documentation" context menu would use the
>>> Field "Datasheet"? And use the "documentation" string to fill the
>>> "Datasheet" field when adding the symbol to the schematic?
>>>
>>
>> I'm OK with adding both a "Show Documentation" (should be visible only
>> when the field is not empty) to the symbol context menu and an "Edit
>> Datasheet Field" entry to the "Properties" sub-menu.
>>
>>
>>> I guess this would be considered a temporary fix if okay?
>>>
>>> On 10/13/2017 08:51 AM, jp charras wrote:
>>>
>>> FYI, in fact this confusion comes from a bug introduced a long time ago:
>>>>
>>>> Initially, the field name was "Sheet" not "Datasheet".
>>>> It should be "SchematicSheet"
>>>>
>>>> The purpose was to be able to create a component acting as a
>>>> hierarchical sheet:
>>>> The component in a root sheet, and its internal sheet
>>>> ("SchematicSheet") similar to a sub sheet.
>>>>
>>>> But unfortunately, it was never done, and one day the word "Sheet"
>>>> became "Datasheet", thus creating
>>>> a serious confusion.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps the "DATASHEET" field (attached to the symbol) and the
>>>> "documentation" string (attached to a
>>>> alias) should be clearly redefined for the V5.
>>>>
>>>> By the way, do you know why the .dcm file exists?
>>>> It is similar to the .idx index file of old spice libs.
>>>>
>>>> In the early time of eeschema, Kicad was stored on a server and was
>>>> used in classrooms and on PCs
>>>> connected by a "slow" network link: network cards were ISA cards and
>>>> the link speed was roughly 2400
>>>> bps.
>>>>
>>>> So loading all needed schematic libraries to choose a symbol was a too
>>>> time costly process, making
>>>> Eeschema barely usable.
>>>> Using small .dcm files to display a list of symbols and some info
>>>> fixed this issue.
>>>>
>>>> Nowadays, link speed, PC speed and memory sizes have 3 order of
>>>> magnitude, and .dcm files (a relic
>>>> of this time) is more an annoying feature.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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> --
>  -Kristoffer
>
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