Comment 11 for bug 1785879

I think I like this idea. But please allow using relative path (support by
KiCad4), and url for at least datasheet (If URL automatically support for
any field by prefix event better, Altium PCB doing that, it just append all
the URL found into pop-up menu).

The way I use Documentation File Name in KiCad4 was point it to local
datasheet file, and use the datasheet field point to http online. That, I
can still access them from eeschema in some way for local, or online one.

On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 5:15 PM Jeff Young <email address hidden>
wrote:

> That's just a case of us exposing too much of the internals. That field
> is only for aliases; when an alias is placed into a schematic it's
> copied into the Datasheet field.
>
> There's a bug logged already for the confusing user model around
> aliases. I was thinking of combining the Description and Aliases tab of
> the Symbol Properties dialog into a single tab: it would have a list of
> aliases down the left side, and then a pane on the right side which has
> a grid view of the Reference, Value, Description and Datasheet for that
> alias. (The Reference would be read-only, and the Value would always
> match the alias name.)
>
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>
> Title:
> Support URLs in user-defined fields
>
> Status in KiCad:
> Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> I would like have the similar feature in eschematic that allow user to
> open datasheet. But it would be nice if all the fields in symbol that
> has value like relative/absolute path or link also open like datasheet
> from pop-up menu. If this feature also work for layout (PcbNew) will
> also very help-full for loop up the part data sheet, or footprint.
> This feature would allow people like me can work online/offline(no
> internet) environments.
>
> Application: kicad
> Version: (5.0.0), release build
> Libraries:
> wxWidgets 3.0.3
> libcurl/7.54.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2l zlib/1.2.11 libssh2/1.8.0
> nghttp2/1.23.1 librtmp/2.3
> Platform: Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1), 64-bit edition, 64
> bit, Little endian, wxMSW
> Build Info:
> wxWidgets: 3.0.3 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
> Boost: 1.60.0
> OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.8.0
> Curl: 7.54.1
> Compiler: GCC 7.1.0 with C++ ABI 1011
>
> Build settings:
> USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
> USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
> KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
> KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
> KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
> KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=OFF
> BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
> KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
> KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
> KICAD_SPICE=ON
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Nhat *Khai* Nguyen