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

Thank you!

On 18 Nov 2017 00:47, "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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