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[Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi Guys,
I can confirm that the recent lib table commits have made my working
version of kicad totally unable to open recent schematics


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all components seem visible and usable (if a new schematic is created) but
kicad is unable to load ALL symbols
from a schematic that was done one month ago.

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I do not know how to fix this.... any idea?

cheers
Fabrizio




On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Fabrizio Tappero <
fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> hum... my version of kicad is a nightly buid that I heavily use at work
> and that keep update every now and then. Probably all this started a two
> years ago or so.
>
> I have deleted the lib table and let kicad propose the new one so now all
> is fine.
>
> The only problem I experienced is that the "RESCUE" rename action has
> screwed up all my schematics. Thank god git was made.
>
> I noticed some lib issues with the cache lib file that trigger a rescue
> menu too. I am sorry I cant really ping point the problem. I just wanted to
> get this email out there for future reference. I realise however that I am
> not really providing good info
>
> cheers
> Fabrizio
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 10:42 PM, Oliver Walters <
> oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> 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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