system templates not detected on OS X fresh install

[Rafi Khan]

I just installed KiCAD and am unable to create a new project with a template. When a try doing so, no templates are shown even though I have tried pointing it to "/Library/Application Support/kicad/template" which is where all of the templates seem to be.

Application: kicad
Version: 4.0.5 release build
wxWidgets: Version 3.0.2 (debug,UTF-8,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,GCC 4.2.1,STL containers,compatible with 2.8)
Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 16.4.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
Boost version: 1.57.0
         USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=ON
         USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
         KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
         KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
         KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
         USE_FP_LIB_TABLE=HARD_CODED_ON
         BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON

To reproduce this bug:
1. Open KiCad
2. File > New Project > New Project from Template
3. Select folder for the new project

Now when I go to select a template, there is a blank screen with no options.

Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/4d4WH7c.png

[Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw)]

Try using the configure paths dialog and set the KICAD_PTEMPLATES
environment variable to the correct path to see if that resolves the
issue. If so, then we may have to tweak the default osx template path
setting. If not, then there is something else going on.

On 3/12/2017 12:20 AM, Rafi Khan wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> I just installed KiCAD and am unable to create a new project with a
> template. When a try doing so, no templates are shown even though I have
> tried pointing it to "/Library/Application Support/kicad/template" which
> is where all of the templates seem to be.
>
> Application: kicad
> Version: 4.0.5 release build
> wxWidgets: Version 3.0.2 (debug,UTF-8,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,GCC 4.2.1,STL containers,compatible with 2.8)
> Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 16.4.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
> Boost version: 1.57.0
> USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=ON
> USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
> KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
> KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
> KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
> USE_FP_LIB_TABLE=HARD_CODED_ON
> BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
>
> To reproduce this bug:
> 1. Open KiCad
> 2. File > New Project > New Project from Template
> 3. Select folder for the new project
>
> Now when I go to select a template, there is a blank screen with no
> options.
>
> Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/4d4WH7c.png
>
> ** Affects: kicad
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>

[Rafi Khan (zetoslab)]

I tried setting it to all the different paths where KiCad has a template folder, and the main one as well /Library/Application Support/kicad/template where all the actual templates were located. But the program either fails to check the new directory, or just doesn't detect anything when it does check the directory.

I temporary "fixed" my problem by manually copying the template, but that's just a workaround.

[Seppe Stas (seppestas)]

Hey, this should have been fixed in Fixed in revision 3b7fbad1b9a2df51f48092fc5a56c5db6bacf34a
https://git.launchpad.net/kicad/patch/?id=3b7fbad1b9a2df51f48092fc5a56c5db6bacf34a (not released in stable yet).

I'm not sure if it's the same problem though. Could you verify this? Note: you have to click the "Validate" button for the templates to show up.