diff --git a/TODO.txt b/TODO.txt index 7895089ec2..8cfd225e2b 100644 --- a/TODO.txt +++ b/TODO.txt @@ -36,82 +36,6 @@ a) check for duplicate nicknames in a single table, complain, give the user a ni b) in the uri column give a small button popup a window(dialog?) which lets user choose a file or directory local to his system by pointing at it. -c) Active library table load and save functions. There are two tables active at any time, but -they look like one table. Identify a place to keep the access mechanism (pointer). Modify -the project specific portion of this RAM table when the board changes. - - -Other: -- - - - - -a) develop a syntax for nickname:footprint combo, i.e. bring to life class FPID - with development and testing of parsing and formatting. - - -b) modify cvpcb to handle the nickname:footprint, i.e. textual form of FPID. -This means having a wider textfield for the FPID than was allocated for the footprint name alone. -Needed is the ability to pick a footprint from any active library. - - -c) modify the netlist format to handle nickname:footprint, save and load. -The nickname needs to be optional. I would say allowed in the grammar in the -footprint position are: - - footprint | (fp_id FPID) - -or just - - FPID # if it can be parsed when nickname is missing. - - -d) write functions to lookup a footprint from - i) FPID - ii) footprint alone since most old netlists don't have nicknames in them. - -e) Replace MODULE::m_LibRef which is a wxString with FPID. FPID supports - the footprint name only which is backwards compatible with the current - design. - -f) On the first time an empty global footprint table is encountered, add - standard KiCad and user libraries not located in the project directory - or any of it's sub-directories to the global footprint library table. - -g) When a project is opened and the project footprint library table is - empty, add any user library that is located in the project path or any - of it's sub-directories to the project footprint library table. - -h) When populating the footprint library tables, use the library file name - without the extension as the FPID nickname. When duplicate names exist, - append an incremental integer to the nickname so that the second logic - libraries FPID nickname becomes logic1. Assign FPID library nicknames - to each MODULE based on the legacy library search order when loading an - existing board that does not have fully defined MODULE FPIDs. - -i) Add check for KISYSMOD environment variable, on Pcbnew and CvPcb start up - and set it to the known directory of the default KiCad footprint libraries. - The code should look something like: - -{ - const char* envar; - - envar = getenv( "KISYSMOD" ); - - if( !envar ) - { - envvar = knownDirOfSysMods; - - setenv( "KISYSMOD", envar ); - } -} - - -These i) and ii) merge into one if footprint alone is a valid FPID. -Incorporate any environment variable in the the uri expansion using: -const wxString FP_LIB_TABLE::ExpandSubtitutions( const wxString aString ) - - - - Eeschema --------