KiCad - the KiCad Bridge

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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@   "manifest_version": 1,   "name": "kicad",   "displayName": "KiCad EDA",-  "version": "0.9.207",+  "version": "0.9.208",   "description": "Reverse bridge for KiCad \u2014 board/schematic introspection, lint via kicad-cli, plugin install, multi-instance probe, in-process DRC.",   "homepage": "https://wiki.adom.inc/adom/adom-bridge",   "author": "Adom Inc.",

@@ -302,6 +302,38 @@ def _get_footprint_editor_title() -> str:   ++def _library_says(kicad_info: dict, library: str, wanted: str) -> dict:+    """What does the library ACTUALLY contain, and is `wanted` in it?++    Wiki issue #42 item 2: three footprints failed to load every time, and the+    error could only say "didn't load in the background" - which cannot tell a+    navigation bug from a name that is not in the library. The listing is on+    disk and costs nothing to read, so the failure should answer that itself+    instead of handing the question back to the caller."""+    try:+        from handlers.install_footprint import handle_list_footprints+        lst = handle_list_footprints(kicad_info, {"library": library} if library else {})+        if not lst.get("success"):+            return {}+        names = []+        for _lib, meta in (lst.get("libraries") or {}).items():+            names.extend(meta.get("footprints") or [])+        if not names:+            return {}+        low = (wanted or "").lower()+        exact = any(n.lower() == low for n in names)+        near = []+        if not exact and low:+            near = [n for n in names if low in n.lower() or n.lower() in low]+            if not near:+                import difflib+                near = difflib.get_close_matches(wanted, names, n=3, cutoff=0.6)+        return {"existsInLibrary": exact, "libraryCount": len(names),+                "closestMatches": near[:3]}+    except Exception:+        return {}+ def _parse_fp_title(title: str) -> tuple:     """Split a Footprint Editor title into (library, footprint). @@ -856,8 +888,15 @@ def handle_open_footprint_editor(kicad_info: dict, args: dict) -> dict:         return {             "success": False, "editorOpened": True, "footprintLoaded": False,             "attempts": 2,-            "error": f"Footprint Editor open but '{search_text}' didn't load in the background "-                     f"after two attempts (title: {_get_footprint_editor_title() or 'unknown'})",+            **({"library": _lib_says} if (_lib_says := _library_says(+                kicad_info, library_name, footprint_name or search_text)) else {}),+            "error": (f"Footprint Editor open but '{search_text}' didn't load in the background "+                      f"after two attempts (title: {_get_footprint_editor_title() or 'unknown'})"+                      + ("" if _lib_says.get("existsInLibrary", True) else+                         f". NOTE: '{search_text}' is NOT in that library - it has "+                         f"{_lib_says.get('libraryCount')} footprint(s)"+                         + (f", closest: {', '.join(_lib_says.get('closestMatches') or [])}"+                            if _lib_says.get("closestMatches") else "") + ".")),             "_hint": ("Two background attempts did not confirm, so a third is unlikely to help - "                       "check the footprint exists in this library (kicad_list_footprints). "                       "The keystroke fallback is off by default (it must foreground the window — "