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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Did you follow the instructions I provided on the kicad website blog post?

http://kicad-pcb.org/post/symbol-lib-table/

On 11/16/2017 5:20 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
> hi Guys,
> I can confirm that the recent lib table commits have made my working
> version of kicad totally unable to open recent schematics
> 
> 
> Inline image 1
> Inline image 3
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> Inline image 2
> 
> 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 <mailto: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
>     <mailto:oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
> 
>         On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 1:42 AM, Wayne Stambaugh
>         <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto: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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