Hmm. Now I don't know which to do. Would two DMGs make it easier for end users to modify things?
I do not want to move into Mac packages. Adam Wolf On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier <[email protected] > wrote: > Yes, one .dmg is also fine with me. > > We shouldn’t put anything into the bundle that a user can change (like > adding his own symbol to a predefined library, etc.). > If the changes are stored in files inside the bundle itself then they will > just get lost when a user tries to update the usual way (delete old from > /Applications, drag new one into it). > > That would really be frustrating I guess... > > > Regards, > Bernhard > > On 06.11.2014, at 19:42, Andy Peters <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> On Nov 6, 2014, at 11:32 AM, Jean-Paul Louis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Bernhard and Adam, > >> I agree with Bernhard that the libraries should not be in the app > bundle, but the libraries should still be in the same dmg package, as it > would be very frustrating for a beginner to install the app and find out > that they cannot do anything worth a try until they contact someone who can > tell them where to download the libraries and install them. > >> > >> That could be done in a single dmg package with the app bundle going to > /Applications/KiCad(or kicad), and the libraries going to > ~/Library/Application Support/kicad/library(and modules and 3dpackages). > > > > Oh, yes, I see : the disk image should have two top-level folders, one > called "kicad" which the user should drag to the Applications folder (or > wherever) and the other called libraries, which the user should drag to the > library install location (generally ~/Library/Application Support/kicad). > > > > Some commercial programs which ship as a disk image are quite clever, > and they'll have a background image which shows the folders pointing to an > alias of the destination, with instructions to the user "DRAG HERE!" I > don't know how to do that, but from the user perspective that's pretty > obvious and good! > > > > -a > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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