On 9/6/2014 1:20 PM, Moses McKnight wrote: > On 09/06/2014 09:52 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> On 9/5/2014 10:56 PM, Moses McKnight wrote: >>> On 09/05/2014 04:31 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>>> I just committed Moses' configuration file relocation patch in r5114. >>>> >>>> On Linux the configuration files are now located in $HOME/.config/kicad >>>> per the FreeDesktop.org specification. To preserve you current >>>> settings, you can move the kicad configuration files for your $HOME >>>> folder to the new location. You must drop the leading . from the file >>>> name. You must also move the fp-lib-table file. You will have to make >>>> copies of these files if you plan on using any version of kicad >>>> prior to >>>> r5114. >>>> >>>> Sorry windows users but you will have to reconfigure KiCad. There was >>>> no easy way to extract the registry keys into configuration files. The >>>> configuration files on Windows will be saved in the same folder as >>>> fp-lib-table which is %APPDATA%\kicad. You may want to clean the kicad >>>> cruft from the registry if your not going to use any versions of kicad >>>> prior to r5114. >>>> >>>> There should be no change for OSX users. >>> >>> Hi Wayne, I'm pretty sure this is not true? I just dug through the >>> wxWidgets source, and it looks like before wxFileConfig wrote the files >>> on OSX in ~/Library/Preferences, but they now go in >>> ~/Library/Preferences/kicad. >>> >>> It appears the same was true for fp-lib-table. As such, the patch I had >>> come up with for the library install is attached to this email. I had >>> not sent it before because I was not certain the new config location for >>> OSX was the best place, and then kind of forgot about it. >>> >>> Thanks, Moses >> >> Thanks for the heads up. Will someone who knows where the configuration >> files on OSX are supposed to go according to Apple's guideline please >> confirm this before I apply any more patches? > > FYI, the patch I attached was just for the fp-lib-table install, the > patch you already applied is already looking for fp-lib-table in the new > location (~/Library/Preferences/kicad) The patch that you sent and Carl > Poirier applied to the kicad library repository, installs the > fp-lib-table in ~/Library/Preferences/.config/kicad instead. > > I noticed that there were tabs in the patch I sent, so I've attached > another one that should be formatted correctly. > > Moses >
Would someone with commit access to the kicad library repo on github please apply this patch when they get a chance. Thanks, Wayne _______________________________________________ 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