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Library management commands

larsen

I am evaluating the tool but after a short while of use I am having serious problems managing my self-made library.

 

How do I - inside a library:

 

Delete, Rename or Copy a: symbol, device or package?

 

It is _so_ easy to create new items (this has a prominent place in the select dialog), but it is difficult to rename or get rid of them again.

The remove/ rename command seems not to function or more likely I dont use it properly yet I follow the manual page 271. It fails saying that it cant find the item, yet it is there for sure.

 

Without this maintenace functionalty my library rapidly becomes messy and cloged up.

 

Hope for some hints.

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    You don't say if you are using version 5.x or 6 - at least in version 5.12,

    if I open my library, click package and select the one I want to rename,

    this brings it up in the library editor window.  Then, if I click Library

    on the menu, the menu that comes up has a number of options.  Two of them

    are "Remove" and "Rename".  I have used both previously and they worked for

    me.  Have not tried it in 6 yet (still learning it myself - I have enough

    bugs without running into Eagle bugs  :lol:

     

    mikey

     

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    Am 11.02.2012 07:10, schrieb Mike Fields:

    if I open my library, click package and select the one I want to rename,

    this brings it up in the library editor window.  Then, if I click Library

    on the menu, the menu that comes up has a number of options.  Two of them

    are "Remove" and "Rename".

     

    Thanks for that information. I would NEVER, EVER have used these menu

    items, because I always thought they would remove or rename the LIBRARY.

     

    CadSoft: This is another example of insufficient menu item text. The

    menu item 'Library - Rename' SEEMS to mean 'rename library', because

    that's EXACTLY what it tells the user. What it really MEANS is 'rename

    device' or 'rename symbol' or 'rename package', so PLEASE put the

    additional word into the menu to clear things up.

     

    I've used EAGLE for 20 years and didn't know that this function was

    there due to this unclear menu wording. What a shame to both CadSoft and

    me...

     

    Andreas Weidner

     

  • 0 in reply to Former Member

    For what it's worth, this is a reason I periodically copy my library to a

    00_mylib_test.lbr - it is a junk library that I can experiment with and not

    shoot myself in the foot (at my advanced age, I have learned that is not a

    good thing).  There are enough things in Eagle (like not using "wire" to

    wire a schematic ! to make me careful what I do.  Great program, but

    somewhat less than "intuitively obvious" image  )

     

    mikey

     

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    Am 15.02.2012 17:57, schrieb Andreas Weidner:

    Am 11.02.2012 07:10, schrieb Mike Fields:

    >> if I open my library, click package and select the one I want to rename,

    >> this brings it up in the library editor window. Then, if I click Library

    >> on the menu, the menu that comes up has a number of options. Two of them

    >> are "Remove" and "Rename".

     

    Thanks for that information. I would NEVER, EVER have used these menu

    items, because I always thought they would remove or rename the LIBRARY.

     

    CadSoft: This is another example of insufficient menu item text. The

    menu item 'Library - Rename' SEEMS to mean 'rename library', because

    that's EXACTLY what it tells the user. What it really MEANS is 'rename

    device' or 'rename symbol' or 'rename package', so PLEASE put the

    additional word into the menu to clear things up.

     

    I've used EAGLE for 20 years and didn't know that this function was

    there due to this unclear menu wording. What a shame to both CadSoft and

    me...

     

    Andreas Weidner

     

    Same goes for me. Learned something too image

     

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    Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards

     

    Joern Paschedag

     

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  • 0 in reply to Former Member

    Am 15.02.2012 17:57, schrieb Andreas Weidner:

    Am 11.02.2012 07:10, schrieb Mike Fields:

    >> if I open my library, click package and select the one I want to rename,

    >> this brings it up in the library editor window. Then, if I click Library

    >> on the menu, the menu that comes up has a number of options. Two of them

    >> are "Remove" and "Rename".

     

    Thanks for that information. I would NEVER, EVER have used these menu

    items, because I always thought they would remove or rename the LIBRARY.

     

    CadSoft: This is another example of insufficient menu item text. The

    menu item 'Library - Rename' SEEMS to mean 'rename library', because

    that's EXACTLY what it tells the user. What it really MEANS is 'rename

    device' or 'rename symbol' or 'rename package', so PLEASE put the

    additional word into the menu to clear things up.

     

    I've used EAGLE for 20 years and didn't know that this function was

    there due to this unclear menu wording. What a shame to both CadSoft and

    me...

     

    Andreas Weidner

     

    Same goes for me. Learned something too image

     

    --

    Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards

     

    Joern Paschedag

     

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