Have you read http://kicad-pcb.org/post/symbol-lib-table/?
2017-11-22 9:16 GMT+01:00 Julius Schmidt <a...@phicode.de>: > It seems the current origin/master will modify schematic files on disk > just by opening them -- even if I opt out of the remap tool. This is rather > undesirable behaviour, I don't want files to become unreadable by the > original version that created them just because I *opened* them. > > I am also curious about this format change in general; if I understand > this correctly, this is work leading up to the new schematics format; so if > there is already a major breaking change planned, why the need for > *another* breaking change? > > I'm also wondering whether the intent is to adopt the behaviour of the PCB > tool regarding footprints entirely, which I find somewhat unsatisfactory; > in particular the way it seems to have "hidden" copies of the footprints in > the .kicad_pcb file can lead to awkward surprises; I would much rather have > all symbol+footprint references be to a project-local library that contains > a *single* copy of global symbols/footprints -- the old eeschema > approximated this reasonably well with its cache library. > > Apologies if this comes across as too negative; I do appreciate the work > that goes into switching eeschema to a new format. > > Best wishes > > Julius > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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