Let’s say i am done with the schematic. I wish to associate footprints with schematic symbols. Some of the footprints are missing, so i quickly draw them in the footprint editor and export them to the local project specific footprint library $(KIPRJMOD)/libs/mylib.pretty. The library is configured in the library table of the project.
I switch back to CvPcb and … nothing. I can see the mylib.pretty library with some footprints in it, but the newly created footprints arent there. I can see the newly saved kicad_mod files in the library folder on the hard drive, but CvPcb does not see them. The only way to get it into CvPCB is to completely restart Kicad.
It seems as if CvPcb scans the libraries only once after launching the application. Is this meant to be that way? Restarting Kicad should not be part of the workflow, its cumbersome. Should i report this as bug/feature request? Is this behavior linux specific or does this happen on other platforms too?
(kicad 4.0.3+e1-6302, linux mint 18)