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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 1:42 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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 not sure I understand why it would be ok to break it in v6 but not v5?
We are already introducing the sym-lib-table. If we waited until v6 to make
this change, then we would break *both* tables (instead of just one).


>
> 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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