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# pcb-rnd - the [fp_wget] patch

Since version 1.0.10, pcb-rnd implements a new footprint mechanism (see [fp_fs] and [library_t]). The new code allows footprint backend plugins to get library from anywhere. The [fp_wget] plugin is an implementation that:

- downloads a library list from the web on startup into a local cache
- downloads footprints from the web on-demand into a local cache

This is all transparent, the user experience is that the remote library is like a read-only local library reachable from the library window.

A web site used as a library should be able to:

- generate a plain text list of all footprints available
- return the raw footprint file by name

The plugin uses external program wget to communicate on the web.

### How to configure for gedasymbols.org

Add wget@gedasymbols in the library search path (e.g. in preferences as library-newlib).

## save/load and compatibility

Not affected.

## plans

Better feedback on progress, explicit user requested refresh, refresh in the background.