On 22 Oct 2007 at 13:16, KeepIt SimpleStupid wrote:
> Documentation for any project seems to be a necessary > evil. I'm not sure how how this suggestion might be > implemented, but here goes. > > Create a mechanism to link the datasheet of a > component to the component. > This already exists. In the lib editor, if you click on the Doc tab, you can > browse to the location of a data sheet and enter that. Then in Eeschema, if > you right click on the component you will see "Doc" in the menu. Clicking on > this brings up the datasheet. I put my datasheets in > ../kicad/library/doc/project > Each component has a few optional fields. > > 1) URL of manufacturer's data sheet > 2) Local directory to retreive data sheet. > > Whether or not to 1) Use manufacturer's URL, 2) Local > directory and/or whether or not to place a copy of the > datasheet in the project directory. > Dave - WB6DHW <http://wb6dhw.com>
