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Re: [REQUEST] Default library install location

 

Not that I am advocating copying Eagle, how do they manage their standard
libs? Does anyone know?

On 9 Nov 2017 10:15 AM, "Simon Wells" <swel024@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ideally if someone tried to save to a bundled library there should be
> something that pops up and says you can't/shouldn't and then offers to do
> most if not all of that for you, however i would prefer to see it only
> saving the footprint to userdir, i think you will find this is how most
> other software would handle a similar circumstance
>
> > On 9/11/2017, at 12:12, easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> I think it's a far more risky that a user makes accidental changes to
> the
> >> bundled library. Simple users should not need to touch it, and should
> >> rather copy or make a new part.
> >
> > so if a user wants to add a missing parts to his/her library he/her
> needs to save it to a different location, close the i.e. fp editor, copy
> with administrative privileges the fp to the Admin folder and restart the
> sw to use it?
> > I don't think other sw are using this procedure...
> > This is just my opinion...
> >
> >
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