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Re: Footprint Library Wizard removal

 

Is this the one from the Browse Libraries... from the fp-lib-table dialog?

2018-05-25 11:10 GMT+02:00 Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>:

> Thank you for the feedback. I have fixed the reported issues (disabled
> "Show Hidden", made the dialog resizable and ${KIRPRJMOD} substitution)
> and pushed the changes.
>
> Cheers,
> Orson
>
> On 05/25/2018 09:20 AM, jp charras wrote:
> > Le 24/05/2018 à 19:49, jp charras a écrit :
> >> Le 24/05/2018 à 10:19, Maciej Sumiński a écrit :
> >>> Attached a revised patch set, as the previous one looked ugly on
> Windows
> >>> (and fine on Linux).
> >>
> >> Thanks Orson.
> >>
> >> The look of this dialog is much better now.
> >>
> >> Just two remarks about the dialog itself: the dialog is not re-sizable,
> and should be derived from
> >> our DIALOG_SHIM base class.
> >>
> >
> > Hi Orson,
> >
> > I noticed an other issue (a regression):
> >
> > When a library is added, if it is in the project folder, its path is
> stored as an absolute path, and
> > the ${KIPRJMOD} env var is not used to build the path.
> >
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Orson
> >>>
> >>> On 05/23/2018 12:17 PM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> >>>> As it has been reported [1], the Footprint Library Wizard is
> restricted
> >>>> to the old Github repositories (one repo per library vs current single
> >>>> repo for all libraries). I propose to replace it with a common file
> >>>> browser, similar to the one in the Symbol Library Table dialog. In the
> >>>> future we may develop a separate dialog to update the local libraries,
> >>>> using a genuine git client letting us any repository (not only
> Github),
> >>>> perhaps traverse through commits and display logs.
> >>>>
> >>>> I could not use the standard file dialog, as wxWidgets does not
> provide
> >>>> one to select both files *and* directories, but it is necessary to
> >>>> handle both .pretty libraries (directories) and foreign formats (e.g.
> >>>> Eagle .lbr files) with a single dialog.
> >>>>
> >>>> Github plugin is still available, but has to be selected manually in
> the
> >>>> Footprint Library Table dialog. I think it is reasonable not to expose
> >>>> it, as it brings troubles to inexperienced users.
> >>>>
> >>>> AFAICT, the attached patch introduces one new string ("Show Hidden" in
> >>>> the selector dialog), breaking the string freeze rule. The string is
> not
> >>>> crucial, so it might be removed for the time being.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> Orson
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
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