On 9/17/2015 6:20 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > As mentioned in the bug report here > https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/4.0/+bug/1496049 there's a problem > with paths on the Windows 4.0.0-RC1. > > So far the paths that don't work: > > (1) Searching for help files fails > (2) Default paths in the "Path configuration" dialog all point to > places in c:\msys64\mingw64, etc. > (3) Python footprint wizards don't load > > and probably more. Needless to say, the KiCad experience out of the > box because of this is very poor.
Agreed. The current situation is unacceptable and will need to be resolved before the stable release. > > We need to fix up the path search which started with the help in the > bug report. The current consensus is to have (yet another) env var > called something like KIHELP which can default on Windows to the > literal string "${KICAD}\share\doc\kicad\help" which alleviates the > previous problem of trying to guess the install path at compile time > which is clearly flawed. > > My personal preference would have just to have checked > "BINDIR\..\share\doc\kicad\help" where BINDIR is gathered from > ::wxStandardPaths::Get().GetExecutablePath(); I'm fine with this. It used to be that way at one point but I'm not sure what happened. > > However, the decision appears to be to add another configurable path. In the name of expediency, I recommend using the binary path fix above if it resolves all of the issues. > > While adding the new KIHELP env var solves part of the problem, the > Windows installer should be updated to set the KICAD env var to the > chosen install path while installing. et. voila, paths fixed. > > Best Regards, > > Brian. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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