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Re: [PATCH] LIB_TABLE tweaks

 

Oliver,

I just tried to apply your patches and ran into some issues.  Patch 1
applies but patch 2 fails.  Would you please rebase your patches so I
can get them merged as soon as possible.

Thanks,

Wayne

On 11/15/2017 06:41 AM, 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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