On Thu, November 9, 2017 00:12, easyw wrote: >> I think it's a far more risky that a user makes accidental changes to >> the bundled library. Simple users should not need to touch it, and >> should rather copy or make a new part. > > so if a user wants to add a missing parts to his/her library he/her needs > to save it to a different location, close the i.e. fp editor, copy with > administrative privileges the fp to the Admin folder and restart the sw to > use it? I don't think other sw are using this procedure...
No, the workflow would be as follows: 1. User opens a bundled library from /usr/share * editor shows "read only" * so user knows he can't edit this library directly 2. User uses "Save as.." to save a modifiable copy either in the project folder or in his ~/.kicad/library folder (or on the company file server if configured in the path). * Editor can now edit and save the file because it's not read-only anymore * KiCad will use the search path to let the newly saved library override the bundled one. So no admin-privileges or restarts required. It's a pretty normal workflow.. no KiCAD dialogs or assistants are required. It's like unix config files -- don't like the defaults of /etc/bashrc? just copy it to ~/.bashrc and edit away! -- Thomas Kindler _______________________________________________ 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