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

Wayne,

Please confirm if you really do not want this feature now. This thread is
quickly turning into a how-to for the new symbol table :)

Thanks

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 8:42 AM, 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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