Wayne, Guess going to suggest it should be a priority to version the config into folders.
This is a user made chart on how to install kicad 5 which honestly is silly it has to even exist lol https://kicad-info.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/2X/d/d6143659e9237fc358588bed761ef3e557454cde.png On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 1:56 PM Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mark, > > I agree with you in principal but this would require some major changes > to KiCad internally to handle the configuration data the "windows" way. > I really do not want to push the stable 5 release back any further than > it already has been. I'm open to trying to accomplish this as part of > the 5.1 release if we can implement it soon enough to get some testing > on it. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 7/8/2018 12:19 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > Let's postpone this discussion maybe until the 10th when Wayne is back > > at it. > > > > On Sat, Jul 7, 2018, 10:33 PM Mark Roszko <mark.ros...@gmail.com > > <mailto:mark.ros...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Hey guys, > > > > So with 5.0 approaching theres something of an annoying problem on > > windows (that many are complaining about). The install location! > > Currently, even though you can install kicad into separate folders if > > you wanted to, kicad still tries to write to the same appdata folder! > > > > Why would you want both the new and old? Because if you want to tweak > > a old design, you don't want to risk opening it in newer versions and > > having unforseen bugs. New designs sure, you really want to use the > > latest and greatest, but the old is a risk not worth taking, > > especially in the commercial field ;) > > > > Also there is a settings conflicts between 4.0 and 5.0 sharing appdata. > > > > I've seen some kicad forum "workarounds" where they use launcher > > scripts that set KICAD_CONFIG_HOME each time. While it works, its > > completely against the windows way :3 > > > > > > What I propose, is we patch KiCad a little to: > > > > 1. Write to appdata in a versioned manner (just minor and maybe > > minor version) > > C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\kicad 4.0\ > > C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\kicad 5.0\ > > C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\kicad 6.0\ > > > > 2. Potentially prompt the user on first-start to copy settings. > > (Maybe? Might be too much work for the final 5.0) > > > > Then we patch the installer to follow the convention of: > > C:\Program Files\KiCad 4.0\ > > C:\Program Files\KiCad 5.0\ > > C:\Program Files\KiCad 6.0\ > > > > This would do what every other CAD and IDE does on Windows > > (versioned installs). > > > > But what if people want to install in crazier ways ?! > > Well then that should beyond the scope of the "standard" installs and > > they are on their own. (Just like other tools) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Mark _______________________________________________ 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
