Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Bugfix for component table

2017-05-24 Thread Oliver Walters
Fabrizio, If the .dcm fields are all empty then that's a library management issue and the developers forum is probably not the best place for discussing that :) On 24 May 2017 17:11, "Fabrizio Tappero" wrote: Hi Oliver, How would I realize that? "Description" field does not appear in the schem

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Bugfix for component table

2017-05-24 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Oliver, How would I realize that? "Description" field does not appear in the schematic component properties window. Maximum freedom to add all fields the user wants should, I think, be imperative. btw, all description field content coming from .dcm is actually empty in all my schematics. cheer

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Bugfix for component table

2017-05-23 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
They are not now nor have they ever been invisible. They can be edited as part of the component properties dialog in the component library editor and are shown in the message panel at the bottom of schematic editor when a component is selected (left mouse click), the component footprint editor for

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Bugfix for component table

2017-05-23 Thread Oliver Walters
I have just now tested this on Windows and can confirm this behavior. It is very odd indeed. Does anyone with more knowledge of wx (in particular wxDataViewCtrl) have any experience with this behavior (only on Windows platform): Oliver, found another unexpected behaviour. > When I select a field

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Bugfix for component table

2017-05-23 Thread Oliver Walters
Cirilo, I think the major issue here is that I introduced a previously invisible-to-the-user field called "Description" which is lifted from the .dcm file. Fabrizio had a custom field called "Description" as he did not know that this other field existed. Just as people would not have a custom fie

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Bugfix for component table

2017-05-23 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 5/23/2017 4:17 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: >> cheers Oliver, >> I do not know what a .dcm file is. >> >> I am not sure it is a good idea to have a in-built field called >> Description in the table viewer. But I can easily see how that is

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Bugfix for component table

2017-05-23 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 5/23/2017 4:17 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > cheers Oliver, > I do not know what a .dcm file is. > > I am not sure it is a good idea to have a in-built field called > Description in the table viewer. But I can easily see how that is > useful. I guess you would like to use this table to add inf

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Bugfix for component table

2017-05-22 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Oliver, I committed your patch. Thank you. Wayne On 5/22/2017 10:08 AM, Oliver Walters wrote: > Bug noted here - https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg29485.html > > Patch attached to this email fixes glitch when user adds custom field > with same name as a default field. > > Users

[Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Bugfix for component table

2017-05-22 Thread Oliver Walters
Bug noted here - https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg29485.html Patch attached to this email fixes glitch when user adds custom field with same name as a default field. Users can now do this to their heart's content. From 43106de69511427cf841700be10da2d42ce8b6dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 20