Can’t users just change that reference to their own path on their own fp-lib-table instead of the ENV var reference if they don’t want the system modules?
That would be reasonable enough to me. Miguel Ángel Ajo On Thursday, 8 de January de 2015 at 13:53, Adam Wolf wrote: > I hear what you're saying. > I don't really like the idea of using environment variables to drive the > behavior of GUI programs, especially in OS X. They're tricky in OS X, and > they're hard to explain to a lot of users. > Fixing this through changing the behavior of how KISYSMOD and probably the > other environment variables work in Kicad is probably a fair bit of work, at > least a week or two--when you include developer discussion, regression > testing on other platforms, stuff like that, probably even longer. > I'm not 100% happy about it, but would something like this be an OK stopgap > measure while we figure out the right thing moving forward? I am fine only > putting this patch in my builds. > Adam Wolf > Cofounder and Engineer > Wayne and Layne > On Jan 8, 2015 6:26 AM, "Bernhard Stegmaier" <stegma...@sw-systems.de > (mailto:stegma...@sw-systems.de)> wrote: > > Hi Adam, hi all, > > that IMHO could be problematic (depends on what you intend to have). > > For a single-user environment this might be OK, but it then forces modules > > to be in a machine specific folder common to all users. In a multi-user > > environment you probably might not want to have that. And, I never read > > somewhere that you can override this setting of the bundle somehow, so this > > could be a once and for all decision (as long as you don't fiddle around > > with the Info.plist) and you wouldn't need an environment variable at all... > > Further, I think I tried once to use "~" or "$HOME" in Info.plist but it > > doesn't expand such variables. So, you obviously can't set the path to > > something in user home with this method. > > Last, I don't know if always any (non-root) user is allowed to write into > > /Library/Application Support/kicad? > > In my opinion, the old concept of search paths did fit such hardcoded paths > > much better than it is currently with environment variables. If environment > > variables are too hard to set, then probably a configuration setting > > directly from some "Settings" menu would be better. > > My opionion: I wouldn't want to have it that way, but since I am the only > > one using KiCad on my machines I can also live with some links pushing > > things into the spot I want to have it. > > This altogether is somewhat inconsistent, because eeschema will *always* > > look in <base>/library with <base> being (in that order): > > * $KICAD > > * ~/Library/Application Support > > * /Library/Application Support > > * <kicad.app>/Contents/SharedSupport > > So, if the path should be fixed for pcbnew, I would at least expect > > eeschema to behave the same way (i.e., removing all the other paths and > > also pointing it to the one global > > /Library/Application/Support/kicad/library). > > > > Regards, > > Bernhard > > PS: > > I just had a brief look at the Apple docs and did see here > > https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/LaunchServicesKeys.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001431-106825 > > > > that obviously the environment set in the Info-plist is only valid when > > launching via an icon, but not via command-line: > > <<< > > These environment variables are set only for apps launched through Launch > > Services. If you run your executable directly from the command line, these > > environment variables are not set. > > >>> > > So, another issue that already now with the KIGITHUB variable might lead to > > confusion... > > > > > > On 2015-01-08 06:52, Adam Wolf wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > As you may know, it's harder than it seems to set an environment variable > > > on a bundle in OS X as a user. > > > > > > I have a patch here for the OS X bundle that sets KISYSMOD to > > > /Library/Application Support/kicad/modules > > > > > > Please let me know if there are any questions or comments. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Adam Wolf > > > Cofounder and Engineer > > > W&L > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ 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 > > (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 > (mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net) > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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