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Global path to schematic library

Asked by Patrik Bachan

Hi,
I clone library from github regularly and I have it in my home directory. It is quite annoying to add this path manually to all new projects.
Is is possible to add another path to schematic library globally? Is there some env. variable which I can point to schematic library?

xorly

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Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw) said : 		#1

You cannot do this with environment variables yet. That will be available once the new symbol library table is implemented. You can however, modify your default project file (kicad.pro installed in install_path/share/kicad/template folder) to include this path so every time you create a new project, this path is included. The file is a plain text .ini file format so you can edit it with any text editor. Add the following line in the [eeschema] section of the file:

LibDir=/path/to/library/files

Please note, the path separators are forward slashes, even on wIndows.

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Patrik Bachan (xorly) said : 		#2

Thanks you for reply. This solution is ok for most of my projects, but unusable for shared and cooperated projects. Is symbol library table in roadmap?

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