Yes, may be they could be uploaded somewhere on the website, and find a way to get the templates downloaded by the user...
It could make sense to keep them .zip packaged, to make people lives easier template_xxxx.zip | |\template_xxxx | |\-file 1.sch |\-file 2.sch |\-file 3.brd 2012/5/15 Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@verizon.net> > On 5/14/2012 6:17 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > >> Hi Guys, >> >> I was recently thinking it would be cool to implement a templating >> system for KiCad projects. This means including more than just a >> project file as the basis of a new project. >> >> Particularly for people doing Arduino projects and the like, it would >> be very handy to be able to select a template when starting a new >> project as a kickstart. The template would be able to consist of any >> file type, so could include various schematic files, and a board file. >> To make it universal, I think it would be good to include several >> templates with the KiCad install, but also have a search path (or >> environmental variable pointing to a path) for user templates. >> >> I see a template as a simple directory of files. It need not be any >> more complicated than that. It would be easy to implement, and if the >> default project (which now only consists of a project file) were to >> also include a schematic and board file, then any issue of a modal nag >> box would be eradicated anyway. >> >> It should be a simple directory wildcard copy and rename. All we would >> need to do is define a template structure which could consist of a >> simple text file to provide a description of the template, perhaps >> possibly with a few images. These description and image files would >> not need to be copied to the new project directory so there would need >> to be a defined structure and/or naming convention for the template >> files. >> >> Does this sound like a valid proposal? I'd like to add this to the >> project, so if it feels like a good direction to move in, we can >> hammer out the details for a templating system. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Brian. >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~kicad-**developers<https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >> Post to : >> kicad-developers@lists.**launchpad.net<kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~kicad-**developers<https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >> More help : >> https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >> >> > I have no objections and think templates are a good idea. Are you > planning on providing a way for users to create their own custom templates? > I want to avoid making the KiCad source repo a place for everyone's > favorite template that's why I'm asking. Maybe there could be a templates > section on the new KiCad website similar to what the LibreOffice website > provides. > > Wayne > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~kicad-**developers<https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : > kicad-developers@lists.**launchpad.net<kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~kicad-**developers<https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : > https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > -- Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo http://www.nbee.es +34 636 52 25 69 skype: ajoajoajo
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