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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

I'm OK with this patch so go ahead and push it when you get a chance.  I
wonder if the majority of the performance issues are due to loading
footprints using the github plugin.  I'm guessing if the footprints were
on the user's local drive that the lag caused by loading all of the
footprint libraries would be all that objectionable.  For version 5, the
default global footprint table will point to the footprint libraries
that get installed locally instead of the github libraries which are no
longer being maintained.  Thanks for addressing this issue.

Cheers,

Wayne

On 1/2/2018 9:55 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've attached a patch to make the footprint preview and selection
> functionality in eeschema optional, to address primarily performance
> concerns some users have, and also to address the handful of planned
> features still unimplemented. It's a runtime option, default OFF, so
> users can easily enable it if they like. I should have time after the
> release to work more on polishing it and then we can take the option
> back out.
> 
> 
> 
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