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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:51:24 -0400
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire AT neurotica DOT com>
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  Very nice!!

        -Dave

On 10/30/2014 02:11 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> Roland Lutz wrote:
> 
>> While I was at it, I took the time to push my patches for PCB.  
>> gschem and  PCB now both support arbitrary levels of subdirectories in
>> the library.
> 
> Let me step up the volume a little bit:
> 
> <fanfare>
>  ANOUNCEMENT!
>    pcb and gschem can now handle libraries with more than one level
>    of subdirectories.
> </fanfare>
> 
> My footprint lib is organized like this:
> 
> footprints
> ├── connectors
> │   ├── coaxial
> │   ├── DVI
> │   ├── JAE_IL-G
> │   ├── LEMO
> │   ├── pin_headers
> │   ├── RIACON
> │   ├── RJ45
> │   ├── SCSI
> │   ├── subD
> │   └── XLR
> ├── discretes
> │   ├── capacitors
> │   ├── diodes
> │   ├── inductors
> │   ├── potentiometers
> │   ├── resistors
> │   └── varistors
> ├── generic
> │   └── DIP
> ├── logos
> ├── mechanical
> │   ├── blocks
> │   ├── boxes
> │   └── holes
> ├── misc
> ├── specific
> └── switches
> 
> Traditionally, this needed a library search string that includes all the
> dirs below $HOME/geda/footprints :
> 
> library-newlib = ~/geda/kai_martin_knaak/footprints/connectors:~/geda/
> kai_martin_knaak/ footprints/discretes:~/geda/kai_martin_knaak/footprints/
> generic:~/geda/kai_martin_knaak/footprints/mechanical:~/geda/kai_martin
> _knaak/footprints/potentiometers:~/geda/kai_martin_knaak/footprints/logos:
> ~/geda/kai_martin_knaak/footprints/misc:~/geda/kai_martin_knaak/footprints/
> switches:~/geda/kai_martin_knaak/footprints/specific:.
> 
> Note, that the string contains close to 512 characters. This is no 
> coincidence, since pcb cut the string at about this margin on save. 
> 
> With Rolands patches my footprint lib becomes accessible to pcb with 
> this single line:
>  library-newlib = ~/geda/gedasymbols/www/user/kai_martin_knaak/footprints:.
> 
> Roland also fixed the footprint chooser dialog to show an expandable tree
> rather than a flat list. Library handling in had similar quirks. Since his
> patches the symbol chooser dialog shows a proper tree, too.
> 
> Cheers to him!
> 
> ---<)kaimartin(>---
> 


-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
New Kensington, PA