GCA5 - skill descriptions?

[rilandon]

Is there a way to have the descriptions of skills part of the library , so I don't have to put them in by hand for each character?

[Stormcrow]

They aren't entered because SJG doesn't want large chunks of GURPS text outside of the books they come from. If you want them, you have to add them yourself.

[rilandon]

is there a way to save an edited skill so it becomes part of the library ? I tried save to file, and then include that file in the books of the library.. but it did not list the new ( edited ) skill ..

[Armin]

Originally Posted by rilandon

is there a way to save an edited skill so it becomes part of the library ? I tried save to file, and then include that file in the books of the library.. but it did not list the new ( edited ) skill ..

That's how you do it. If the file you're saving to is already part of the library, you also have to reload the library or the new trait won't appear in the Library lists until you next restart GCA.

(You can use the Reload This Library option from the Manage Your Library toolbar button's drop-down menu, or the Reload Library option from the gear menu on the Library pane of Unified or Sheet views.)

There are reasons that GCA doesn't automatically load that data, but I'm planning to revamp things a bit in the future so that saving to a file that you already have in the library will trigger a reload so you can immediately have it in the lists, as that seems more obvious to most folks.