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["kristoffer Ödmark" <kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, I was using it wrong. I was looking for someway to start a new lib, 
not realising
I need to start a new footprint and then start a new lib from that. 
Thanks and sorry
for that. Although, would be nice to be able to start a new footprint in 
a new lib directly
when opening the footprint editor, I will add that as a wishlist, i 
noticed some of my friends
did the same when trying to create a new lib.

The other part doesnt work for me though. I have set a path called 
SHARED that
points to "/home/krille/projects/kicad_libs". I then use the wizard to 
add the lib located at
"/home/krille/projects/kicad_libs/footprints/antennas.pretty".

expected outcome is that the library path will become 
"${SHARED}/footprints/antennas.pretty"

outcome is that the library path become 
"/home/krille/projects/kicad_libs/footprints/antennas.pretty"


- Kristoffer

On 2018-04-04 11:02, jp charras wrote:
> Le 04/04/2018 à 10:01, kristoffer Ödmark a écrit :
> > Hello!
> >
> > So it was a while since I made some noise, so its time again.
> >
> > Is there a way to create new footprint libs from KiCad? I cannot find it,
> > right now I create them by mkdir name.pretty, thento be able to add them
> > with the wizard, I have to create a temp.kicad_mod file in that folder.
> >
> > Should this be considered a bug, and if so, would it go into v5? I would
> > like to be able to add/create empty libs, and then populate them all from within
> > kicad.
> In footprint library, the third tool.
> (Tooltip: Create new lib and save current footprint)
>
> > I also noticed that the wizard does not autoreplace the paths with the configured
> > paths in kicad the same way that the symbol library editor does. Should this also
> > be considered a bug and would a fix be accepted in v5?
> >
> > - Kristoffer
> It works for me.