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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gentlemen,

I'm not sure about breaking the library table file format for the
version 5 release.  If we do, the footprint library table will not be
compatible with older versions.  I would prefer that we push this change
into version 6.

I'm OK with the progress dialog.  If you split that out as separate
patch, I will merge it.

Cheers,

Wayne

On 11/15/2017 9:38 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
> On 15/11/17 15:30, Maciej Suminski wrote:
>> Hi Oliver,
>>
>> Thank you for restoring the progress bar dialog. While the library load
>> time has recently decreased a lot, the UI freeze still happens with long
>> library lists.
>> Disclaimer: I have not looked at the code yet, I am just praising the idea.
>>
>> As you are looking on the Symbol Library Table dialog, I suppose you
>> might be also tempted to add a file browser to add new libraries. If
>> that is the case, please refrain from doing so - it is done in the
>> library editor refactor branch. If you had no such intention, then
>> simply ignore this message.
> 
> Hi Olivier & Orson,
> 
> I partially implemented the simplified dialog I proposed on the dev list
> a few days ago. Would anyone be interested in helping me finish it?
> 
> Tom
> 
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Orson
>>
>> On 15/11/2017 12:41 PM, Oliver Walters wrote:
>>> Wayne, et al,
>>>
>>> I am really liking the way that the new symbol table works! Thanks for
>>> the huge effort that has gone into this.
>>>
>>> One thing that I have noticed is that when opening (for e.g.) the
>>> component chooser, the UI hangs while all the libraries load. Previously
>>> there was a progress dialog which at least informed the user what was
>>> going on.
>>>
>>> I have re-implemented this dialog in the attached patch set.
>>>
>>> Further, I have also implemented a way to individually enable / disable
>>> each row in the library tables (this works for SYMBOL_LIB and FP_LIB).
>>>
>>> This is based on the idea by Tomasz. Example screenshot below:
>>>
>>> Inline image 1
>>>
>>> I have tweaked the base LIB_TABLE_GRID code such that disabled entries
>>> are greyed out and made italic. The enabled / disabled status is
>>> persistent in the sym/fp_lib_table files. Older version of xxx_lib_table
>>> files are read with all rows enabled by default.
>>>
>>> Please find patch set attached.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Oliver
>>>
>>>
>>>
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