Since upgrading to 5.8, Eagle doesn't seem to remember which of my
libraries I've selected as "Use"
I'm running Eagle on Mac OS X 10.6.3, and have some libraries local
("Applications/EAGLE/lbr/") and some libraries on a network share when
I'm at work. ("/Volumes/Network Drive/EAGLELibs/")
I can go through and "Use" libraries, quit Eagle, re-launch it and the
change doesn't stick. Nothing in a folder greater than one level deep
(i.e. "lbr/5.8/19inch.lbr" will stay "Use"d and libraries. Nothing one
level deep (i.e. "lbr/Nic.lbr") will stay de-"Use"d.
Where does Eagle store the list of libraries that are in use? Maybe I
could set things up and lock the file to stop Eagle buggering it up.
It's a royal pain to go through every folder and "Use all" again. (Why
can't I make multiple selections in the list? Why does Eagle let me Use
libraries that are in old formats and it can't use? Why isn't "Use all"
recursive? Why is the sort order some bizarre
folders-first-capitals-before-lower-case thing instead of alphabetical?)
In a related matter, when I boot Eagle without having the network share
mounted, it complains about missing include directories, and offers to
create them. The default action is to create them, which would make
directories in the /Volumes/ directory. This is bad behaviour -
creating directories in /Volumes means that when the network share is
mounted, the system either has to overwrite (potentially destroying user
data) or, as is the case, mount with a different path. Eagle will then
be stuck silently pointing at the folder it created instead of the
network share.
Cheers,
Nic Jones,
Ocean Controls
