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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oliver,

I took another look at your patch set and I see now that the library
table files only change when there are disabled libraries.  This will
ensure that the footprint library tables will be compatible with
previous versions of KiCad as long as users don't disable any libraries.
 I will merge your patch set over the weekend if there are no other
major objections.  This change in behavior should be documented in the
"Managing Footprint Libraries" section of the pcbnew docs.

Folks, please do not hijack threads.  This thread should have only been
a discussion about Oliver's proposed changes.

Thanks,

Wayne

On 11/17/2017 07:06 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
> 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 <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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