Re: [Kicad-developers] Warning about potentially malicious software

2021-10-21 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 10/21/21 8:14 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 10/21/21 9:03 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> On 10/19/21 3:29 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote: >>> we attempted to secure the rights to the original domain name from Dick >>> without success. >> >> This is untrue.

Re: [Kicad-developers] Warning about potentially malicious software

2021-10-21 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 10/19/21 3:29 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > we attempted to secure the rights to the original domain name from Dick > without success. This is untrue. *No* offer was ever made, neither to re-imburse nor any offer to purchase was ever made. "we attempted" is actually rediculous. "we" is

[Kicad-developers] Internet domain names

2021-10-19 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
The domain name kicad-pcb.org has been recently sold. The domain name kicad-pcb.com is currently for sale. Contact d...@softplc.com if interested please. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to

[Kicad-developers] A useful CMake trick

2021-05-22 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Guys, Here is a technique that might be helpful someday. I found this article (blog post) helpful, because it advances a CMake external project build step into the configure phase up out of the baseline project build phase. It is summarized by the last paragraph in the blog post:

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad GitHub plugin opinions

2020-11-04 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Hi Seth, We still use the plugin here internally, but not with github.  It is configurable to simply use zip files as libraries, from any zip file URL. When that zip file URL is on a local server, and especially on a fast disk such as a new PCIe ssd this becomes the fastest plugin by far.  We

Re: [Kicad-developers] What is this build error?

2020-09-04 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 9/4/20 8:38 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > Any idea, in Fossa terms, what this missing library > set is named? found it: libgtk-3-dev ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchp

[Kicad-developers] What is this build error?

2020-09-04 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
$ make -- KICAD_SCRIPTING is OFF: Disabling all python scripting support -- KiCad install dir: -- Enabling warning -Wsuggest-override -- Enabling warning -Wduplicated-branches -- Enabling warning -Wduplicated-cond -- Enabling error for -Wvla -- Enabling warning -Wimplicit-fallthrough -- Enabling

Re: [Kicad-developers] What is a global variable, and why we don't need them.

2020-04-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 4/13/20 7:39 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > Individual > PROJECT clients view their libraries through the lens of their own > FP_LIB_TABLE. > > If at that point shared pointers were introduced, it might be too bad to get > to shared > libraries. If something is in the wa

Re: [Kicad-developers] What is a global variable, and why we don't need them.

2020-04-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 4/12/20 8:50 AM, Brian wrote: > Just out of curiosity, what’s an example use case for multiple projects open > at once, that > isn’t served by multiple instances of KiCAD?  I admit I haven’t run into many > reasons to > have more than one open at a time in my own usage other than occasionally

[Kicad-developers] What is a global variable, and why we don't need them.

2020-04-11 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
My definition: I like to abstract the definition a little more than some designers, and include things like singletons because a singleton intends to limit the number of instances to one. I would think you still have a global variable if you wrapped it into a class with a single static

Re: [Kicad-developers] [Feature Idea] A disable toggle on hierarchical sheets

2020-03-24 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
In a great number of cases we all use the "Do Not Stuff" flag to differentiate builds, using the same PCB. Works well in many cases. But the conditional include for schematic hierarchical sheets is intended for the use case where things must be mutually exclusive due to size contraints. It

Re: [Kicad-developers] [Feature Idea] A disable toggle on hierarchical sheets

2020-03-24 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 3/21/20 10:33 AM, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > On 2020-03-20 08:01, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> Folks, >> >> I am trying to use the same hierarchical schematic and product two >> board files. So my >> plan is to have a symlink for the board file which can poi

Re: [Kicad-developers] [Feature Idea] A disable toggle on hierarchical sheets

2020-03-24 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 3/21/20 10:33 AM, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > On 2020-03-20 08:01, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> Folks, >> >> I am trying to use the same hierarchical schematic and product two >> board files. So my >> plan is to have a symlink for the board file which can poi

Re: [Kicad-developers] [Feature Idea] A disable toggle on hierarchical sheets

2020-03-20 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
In better English: https://gitlab.com/kicad/services/kicad-doc/-/issues/779 ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help

[Kicad-developers] [Feature Idea] A disable toggle on hierarchical sheets

2020-03-20 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Folks, I am trying to use the same hierarchical schematic and product two board files. So my plan is to have a symlink for the board file which can point to either of the two boards, depending on which I am currently working on. That's all fine in theory (but I'm not there yet). There are

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad github wiki

2020-01-23 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 1/23/20 9:15 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > The only other page is "Modular KiCad with Alternate Top Level > Launchers". I'm not sure, but you might want to migrate this document > to gitlab. Two of the 3 launchers have been implemented. The one not implemented is a python project manager.

Re: [Kicad-developers] auto conversion of sch file not working

2020-01-23 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
The other confusing aspect of this is that my old schematic did list the dependent libraries. So why the *.pro file was key to which libraries were being used is perhaps a legacy curiosity. EESchema Schematic File Version 2 LIBS:mylib LIBS:ttl_ieee LIBS:power LIBS:device LIBS:conn LIBS:linear

Re: [Kicad-developers] auto conversion of sch file not working

2020-01-23 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 1/21/20 9:59 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > There should be an entry > > [eeschema/libraries] > LibNameN=mylib Wayne, You da man, still. Rene, Thanks for extending a helping hand. --- I loaded the schematic OK now. I note that an improvement is possible. After clicking "Remap

Re: [Kicad-developers] auto conversion of sch file not working

2020-01-20 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
s all of the original symbol libraries are loaded by > the old library code, the remapping works unless the original symbol > names are missing from the library. In this case, the rescue feature > should have caught that problem and created a rescue library from the > symbol library cache befo

Re: [Kicad-developers] auto conversion of sch file not working

2020-01-20 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Same is true if I try and load from project manager. On 1/20/20 10:24 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > I want to use standalone EESCHEMA (standalone =: run from command line not > project > manager) to load an old schematic. > > In the project *.pro file corresponding to the old

[Kicad-developers] auto conversion of sch file not working

2020-01-20 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
I want to use standalone EESCHEMA (standalone =: run from command line not project manager) to load an old schematic. In the project *.pro file corresponding to the old schematic I see this line: LibDir=/i/pcbs/kicad_parts;/usr/local/share/kicad/library In /i/pcbs/kicad_parts is a library that

[Kicad-developers] How to show pad in pcbnew by clicking pin in eeschema

2020-01-20 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Quick help, When I click on a pin in eeschema I get the disambiguating menu and then I say "pin" choice. But over in pcbnew I get all pads highlighted rather than the single pad corresponding to the pin. This behaviour ain't like it used to be. So is this broken or is there some other user

Re: [Kicad-developers] GitLab migration

2019-10-14 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
> gitlab in a Docker container Here's an on going effort which would reduce the work: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/docker.html >some of these augmentation needs are not all foreseeable now. >> but the real question is what is the benefit? There are more than one benefit, and this

Re: [Kicad-developers] GitLab migration

2019-10-14 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 10/14/19 1:31 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > Is there a reason to try and host gitlab ourselves? I would look for gitlab in a Docker container, could be easy for the experienced volunteer. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers P

Re: [Kicad-developers] GitLab migration

2019-10-14 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Wayne, Maybe this has been asked and answered, but Is there a reason to try and host gitlab ourselves? We have a few clever people available to augment the install with bells and whistles, and some of these augmentation needs are not all forseeable now. Improvements might be submitted

Re: [Kicad-developers] 6.0 string proposal

2019-05-03 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
It takes some lead to hit a moving target. You know this if you have ever shot clay pigeons. Do we have any evidence that computers are going to have more memory in the future? If so, then this class might be useful: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/u32string/ I actually don't

Re: [Kicad-developers] 6.0 string proposal

2019-05-03 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 5/3/19 9:41 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > There is a secondary goal of removing wxWidgets from our low level > objects. Maybe some day we can build the low level KiCad non-ui > libraries sans wxWdigets. My thinking is that wxString should only come > into play at the UI level when dealing with

Re: [Kicad-developers] 6.0 string proposal

2019-05-03 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
ected. >> >> Note that wxWidgets will add/remove a pointer even for something >> seemingly innocuous >> like an Empty() check.  So doing mutex locks on our side for non-const >> iterator >> access is not sufficient. >> >> The worst part i

Re: [Kicad-developers] 6.0 string proposal

2019-05-03 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
them (by adding > our own mutex checking on any access), but are there 0 or 10 more?   > Haven’t a clue. > >>> It is between sad and breath taking. > > Indeed. > > Cheers, > Jeff. > >> On 3 May 2019, at 15:16, Dick Holl

Re: [Kicad-developers] 6.0 string proposal

2019-05-03 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
solution set, without too many ripples. But to get that lucky would require knowing what the immediate problems are in more detail. Dick On 5/3/19 8:25 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > Dick, > > On 5/2/19 6:32 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> On 4/30/19 4:36 AM, Jeff Young wrote: &g

Re: [Kicad-developers] 6.0 string proposal

2019-05-03 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
lasswx_string.html> is > unavoidable in wxWidgets program, you are encouraged to use the standard > string > classes |std::string| or |std::wstring| in your applications and convert > them to and > from wxString <https://docs.wxwidgets.org/trunk/classwx_string.html&g

Re: [Kicad-developers] 6.0 string proposal

2019-05-02 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 4/30/19 4:36 AM, Jeff Young wrote: > We had talked earlier about throwing the wxWidgets UTF8 compile switch to get > rid of our wxString re-entrancy problems. However, I noticed that the 6.0 > work packages doc includes an item for std::string-ization of the BOARD. > (While a lot more

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema bom plugins

2019-04-29 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Thanks Jeff and JP! I really appreciate your time, both of you had to dig into the config file. I generated a BOM! The problem with the dialog is that it uses terms without defining them. Like, in the purest sense, what is a bom plugin? We are running an external program. This is not really

[Kicad-developers] eeschema bom plugins

2019-04-28 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Folks, Today I tried to create a BOM from eeschema using a plugin command line that had been working for about 8 years. I need information on this new interface. Either it is broken or I am missing the intended set of goals and intentions. So documentation on the latter would be nice.

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad_pcb, kicad_mod format change for daily build?

2019-04-24 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 4/15/19 8:50 AM, jp charras wrote: > Le 15/04/2019 à 15:34, Jeff Young a écrit : >> Yes, this was intentional. It allows users to put things like spaces in >> layer names and other user-editable things. >> >> I’ll fix up the STEP exporter…. >> >>> On 15 Apr 2019, at 13:56, easyw wrote: >>>

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad build.

2014-08-22 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
, code contributors are ownership share holders in this project. Mere lurkers and users are not, so they have no standing on this mailing list. Jon Neal On Aug 21, 2014 9:56 AM, Dick Hollenbeck d...@softplc.com mailto:d...@softplc.com wrote: On 08/21/2014 07:57 AM, Michael Narigon wrote

[Kicad-developers] New Project Leader

2014-08-22 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Ladies and Gentlemen: With great respect and humility I am turning over KiCad project leadership to Mr. Wayne Stambaugh. Wayne has established himself as a seasoned leader and software architect. His software architectural skills and leadership skills make him in my opinion the best of

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad build.

2014-08-21 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/21/2014 07:57 AM, Michael Narigon wrote: OK, thanks for your comment. Michael Actually I'm not done: Neither the KiCad project, nor SoftPLC Corporation will tolerate the removal of copyright messages unless either a) authorized by the copyright holder or b) incorrectly placed in the

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema modular kicad work

2014-08-20 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/20/2014 08:14 AM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: Hi guys, Sorry for asking dumb questions, but what is this whole QuasiModal stuff for? Tom Hi Tom, No question is dumb. See Yann's description (from earlier in this thread) of the problem below, to which Quaimodal is a good solution.

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad build.

2014-08-20 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/20/2014 11:45 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/19/2014 5:17 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: On 08/19/2014 03:37 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/19/2014 4:17 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: On 08/18/2014 06:47 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/18/2014 6:45 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: On 16 August

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad build.

2014-08-20 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/20/2014 05:07 PM, Michael Narigon wrote: Gents, It probably landed in your spam filter (half the e-mails from the developers list do to me) but I sent a message that I am pretty far along on what you are discussing. See the tar file at https://code.launchpad.net/~mnarigon. I used

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema issue: cannot load component from multi libraries with same component name

2014-08-19 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/19/2014 07:33 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/18/2014 5:46 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: I will do the workaround reordering of my libraries.. not a problem for me now that I know how it works.. I think the sort() call has to go, so I now think you discovered something. Should have

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema issue: cannot load component from multi libraries with same component name

2014-08-19 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/19/2014 01:35 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/19/2014 1:53 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: On 08/19/2014 07:33 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/18/2014 5:46 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: I will do the workaround reordering of my libraries.. not a problem for me now that I know how it works

Re: [Kicad-developers] old pcbnew file format in bitmap2component tool

2014-08-19 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/19/2014 05:00 AM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: While working on the bitmap2component tool to add support for placing bitmaps onto the planned Underlay 1/2 layers I noticed that the deprecated *.emp export format is still supported by the tool. If there are no objections I'll remove that option

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema issue: cannot load component from multi libraries with same component name

2014-08-19 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
If it weren't for the part picker issue, which I rate as my personal most annoying issue in rev 5083, I would say that 5083 is the best version of KiCad that I have ever seen or used. I uncorked the stop in kicad-install.sh, so that anyone who now builds using that script is now back on the

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad build.

2014-08-19 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/18/2014 06:47 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/18/2014 6:45 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: On 16 August 2014 17:44, Wayne Stambaugh stambau...@verizon.net wrote: One of the tasks that I have committed to working on in the KiCad road map is to clean up the current mess we have created by

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema issue: cannot load component from multi libraries with same component name

2014-08-19 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/19/2014 03:16 PM, Vesa Solonen wrote: 19/08/14, 21:35, Wayne Stambaugh kirjoitti: On 8/19/2014 1:53 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: If I have part 'R' in mylib, and it is also in library devices, it shows me devices as my top and only candidate as I type in 'R'. If the picker can

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad build.

2014-08-19 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/19/2014 03:37 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/19/2014 4:17 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: On 08/18/2014 06:47 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/18/2014 6:45 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: On 16 August 2014 17:44, Wayne Stambaugh stambau...@verizon.net wrote: One of the tasks that I have

Re: [Kicad-developers] FreeRouting project future and kicad?

2014-08-19 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/19/2014 04:17 PM, Mário Luzeiro wrote: I was trying to run the FreeRouting in KiCad and It is not working (I was running it some 5 weeks ago..) Then I found that sad litigation story:/ I really don't understand that companies and what they are afraid of :| Are already any plans /

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema modular kicad work

2014-08-18 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Good news ! thanks Dick ! but where is that 5089 version ? I just ran the install script and it updated to 5081. May be it was 5079 ? Yes. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to :

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema modular kicad work

2014-08-18 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/18/2014 05:37 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote: Hello Dick I see a bug in your commit 5072 (also present in latest commit 5079). In that commit; when opening a schematic, then all connections are showed as not connected (with the square green box around the end nodes). When drawing a new

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema issue: cannot load component from multi libraries with same component name

2014-08-18 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/18/2014 03:30 PM, Mário Luzeiro wrote: I found that if I have multiple libraries with same component names (notable ex: R, C, INDUCTOR .. ) I cannot select another component other than the one already cached (?). I mean, if I select a R from another library it will load the same R as

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema issue: cannot load component from multi libraries with same component name

2014-08-18 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
The order of parts search is given by the order of library names in the *.pro file. Here in my project, you see the first two are mine, followed by the standard ones. One is project specific and the other is cross project: If you change this order, by dialog or text editor, you will get

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema issue: cannot load component from multi libraries with same component name

2014-08-18 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/18/2014 03:36 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/18/2014 4:30 PM, Mário Luzeiro wrote: I found that if I have multiple libraries with same component names (notable ex: R, C, INDUCTOR .. ) I cannot select another component other than the one already cached (?). I mean, if I select a R from

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema issue: cannot load component from multi libraries with same component name

2014-08-18 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/18/2014 04:03 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: On 08/18/2014 03:36 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/18/2014 4:30 PM, Mário Luzeiro wrote: I found that if I have multiple libraries with same component names (notable ex: R, C, INDUCTOR .. ) I cannot select another component other than the one

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema issue: cannot load component from multi libraries with same component name

2014-08-18 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/18/2014 04:26 PM, Mário Luzeiro wrote: Hi Dick, Thanks for your explanations. This is fun, considering the years I am using kicad and only now find this situation :) I was right now checking the project files looking for the libraries and I have this scenario: main_project.pro

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema issue: cannot load component from multi libraries with same component name

2014-08-18 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
I will do the workaround reordering of my libraries.. not a problem for me now that I know how it works.. I think the sort() call has to go, so I now think you discovered something. Should have a fix in minutes. When the foundations get simpler, so do the algorithms. Dick

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema modular kicad work

2014-08-17 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Patch solved the issue, seemed to work like a charm... But induced another issue. Step to reproduce : 1 - open kicad, then open eeschema and pcbnew 2 - in pcbnew, open the module properties dialog on any part you want. 3 - go back to eeschema, wich is now responding normally, and open

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad build.

2014-08-16 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/16/2014 11:44 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: One of the tasks that I have committed to working on in the KiCad road map is to clean up the current mess we have created by allowing dependency libraries to be built as part of the KiCad source build. The only exception I see for the time being

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema modular kicad work

2014-08-15 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/14/2014 07:31 PM, yann jautard wrote: Le 14/08/2014 16:21, Dick Hollenbeck a écrit : I don't know if it is technically possible to change this behaviour, but I think it could be a great improvement. : yann Hopefully QuasiModal is not a monster. For significant dialogs (ones

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema modular kicad work

2014-08-15 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/15/2014 10:26 AM, Барановский Константин wrote: I'm catched the bug where the window of the eeschema freezes. To reproduce do the next: 1) start kicad and opens some project (with existing schematic); 2) from kicad's panel start eeschema; 3) for some component in context menu (right

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema modular kicad work

2014-08-15 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/15/2014 02:16 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/15/2014 3:00 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: On 08/15/2014 10:00 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/15/2014 8:47 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: On 08/14/2014 07:31 PM, yann jautard wrote: Le 14/08/2014 16:21, Dick Hollenbeck a écrit : I don't know

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema modular kicad work

2014-08-15 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/15/2014 02:05 PM, Andrew Zonenberg wrote: As a user of wx 2.8 on Debian I would like to ensure that, as a minimum, kicad continues to build on it until the next stable Debian version (presumably shipping wx 3.0) is released. You have that capability. Probably I will uninstall wx2.8

Re: [Kicad-developers] Segfault when running DRC

2014-08-15 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/15/2014 08:32 PM, Andrew Zonenberg wrote: Does not crash when run under Valgrind, instead gives this error: ==32723== Invalid read of size 8 ^ this error? I've seen that before and never could figure it out, nor was it ever the cause of any problem running valgrind. I would say build

Re: [Kicad-developers] Segfault when running DRC

2014-08-15 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
further now, I fixed an unrelated missing variable initializer in the process and will be submitting a patch to that shortly. On Fri, 2014-08-15 at 22:14 -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: On 08/15/2014 08:32 PM, Andrew Zonenberg wrote: Does not crash when run under Valgrind, instead gives

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema modular kicad work

2014-08-14 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
I don't know if it is technically possible to change this behaviour, but I think it could be a great improvement. : yann Hopefully QuasiModal is not a monster. For significant dialogs (ones which tend to be open for a while) using the QuasiModal support in DIALOG_SHIM might be a

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema modular kicad work

2014-08-14 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/13/2014 06:40 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/13/2014 6:23 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: On 08/13/2014 03:43 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/13/2014 4:37 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: Many changes were introduced in revision 5072. If you are happy with your current binaries, stay where you

Re: [Kicad-developers] wxString conversion issues in pcbnew/netlist.cpp [PATCH]

2014-08-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/13/2014 07:34 AM, Andrew Zonenberg wrote: wxString( fpOnBoard-GetFPID().GetFootprintName() ).GetData(), I thought we could pass a UTF8 to GetChars() ? GetChars( fpOnBoard-GetFPID().GetFootprintName() ) Seems simpler to read, the type promotion to wxString is then magical.

Re: [Kicad-developers] X2y Caps

2014-08-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/13/2014 10:07 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/11/2014 10:24 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: We got any of these in our part or footprint libraries? http://www.johansondielectrics.com/technical-notes/x2y-application-notes/x2y-power-bypass-pcb-mounting.html#.U-l5WtZGlO4 I haven't seen any

Re: [Kicad-developers] X2y Caps

2014-08-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/13/2014 10:31 AM, Jean-Paul Louis wrote: Hi Dick, Those app notes are interesting, but Johanson is known for high performance aka very expensive devices. Is your design so critical that you have to worry about less than 0.5nH inductance? Is it ultra high frequency? or very fast very

Re: [Kicad-developers] CvPcb legacy configuration dialog.

2014-08-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/13/2014 10:34 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: I just fixed the broken configuration toolbar button in CvPcb to launch the footprint library table editor. I happened to notice that the legacy configuration dialog files are still in the dialog folder. I think it's safe to remove them since we

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema modular kicad work

2014-08-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Many changes were introduced in revision 5072. If you are happy with your current binaries, stay where you are until the pond settles. If you want to see if your known bugs are fixed, then take a look at it and that testing will be appreciated. Thanks, Dick

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema modular kicad work

2014-08-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/13/2014 03:43 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 8/13/2014 4:37 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: Many changes were introduced in revision 5072. If you are happy with your current binaries, stay where you are until the pond settles. If you want to see if your known bugs are fixed, then take

[Kicad-developers] doc repo is damaged

2014-08-11 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
This is why we can't have nice things. Doing a checkout on the docs repo gives: dick@dick-intel:/svn/kicad/product$ cd /tmp dick@dick-intel:/tmp$ bzr co https://code.launchpad.net/~kicad-developers/kicad/doc bzr: ERROR: No such file:

Re: [Kicad-developers] Status of my merge request (parallelization of 3D model normal calculation using OpenMP)

2014-08-11 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/11/2014 07:51 PM, Andrew Zonenberg wrote: Hi all, I submitted a merge request a week or two ago via Launchpad: https://code.launchpad.net/~azonenberg/kicad/advanced-feature-bugfixes/+merge/229341 Orson and Wayne both commented on it with some minor concerns related to #ifdefs and

[Kicad-developers] X2y Caps

2014-08-11 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
We got any of these in our part or footprint libraries? http://www.johansondielectrics.com/technical-notes/x2y-application-notes/x2y-power-bypass-pcb-mounting.html#.U-l5WtZGlO4 ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to :

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D modules path strange behaviour

2014-08-04 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Wayne, In our 3/20/2014 project planning conversation I mentioned: newstring = Prj().Substitute( oldstring ); and 6 or so other suggestions for your project planning document. Just curious, where is that document, and did these get recorded? Dick BTW, the PROJECT::Substitute()

[Kicad-developers] compiler warning

2014-08-04 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Can someone please fix this: /svn/kicad/product/common/common.cpp:48:13: warning: #warning You must use '--with-gnomeprint' or '--with-gtkprint' in your wx library configuration for full print capabilities. [-Wcpp] # warning You must use '--with-gnomeprint' or '--with-gtkprint' in

[Kicad-developers] eeschema modular kicad work

2014-08-04 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 07/29/2014 02:02 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 7/27/2014 1:33 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: Gentlemen: In the course of trying to load the schematic editor directly under kicad.exe, by-passing eeschema top frame itself, I was exposed to a range of issues in the design of eeschema

Re: [Kicad-developers] Contributing footprints

2014-08-04 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/04/2014 11:15 AM, Simon Gansen wrote: Hi, I'm new to KiCad developement and wondering what is the designated way to contribute package footprints. Once I've created a pull request at github for a schematic symbol to github.com/KiCad/kicad-library, which was merged a few hour later.

Re: [Kicad-developers] CERN Version 5068 - Cannot load PCB in pcbnew

2014-08-01 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
This is expected from time to time when loading a board saved with a newer version into older software. The newer software will load it fine. If you want the older software to load it, then don't save using the newer software. ___ Mailing list:

Re: [Kicad-developers] Patches to correct some warnings

2014-07-30 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 07/30/2014 02:51 PM, Michael Narigon wrote: All, Here are four patches to correct some warnings I am seeing while compiling with the OS X compiler in C++11 mode. I think they have general applicability for all targets. I checked that the patches will apply against 5037 and that the 5037

Re: [Kicad-developers] Patches to correct some warnings

2014-07-30 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
No, I passed through that path and rejected it. Tell the compiler to shut up. Did you happen to check the logic on a C++11 compiler? There is an ifdef on lines 58-60 of the file include/layers_id_colors_and_visibility.h that sets the type of the enum to unsigned char on a C++11

Re: [Kicad-developers] PATCH: opening *.pro in current directory gives error message

2014-07-28 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Thanks Henner: I'll look at this now. The surprise is the inconsistency of the file dialog, which normally returns a full path, but here not. An assert would have caught that assumption, my mistake. In the multiple open projects scenario, changing the directory (CWD) will go away. So I

Re: [Kicad-developers] PATCH: opening *.pro in current directory gives error message

2014-07-28 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 07/28/2014 08:58 AM, jp charras wrote: Le 28/07/2014 15:20, Dick Hollenbeck a écrit : Thanks Henner: I'll look at this now. The surprise is the inconsistency of the file dialog, which normally returns a full path, but here not. An assert would have caught that assumption, my mistake

Re: [Kicad-developers] PATCH: opening *.pro in current directory gives error message

2014-07-28 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
It happened to me when I open kicad on the commandline with a *.pro file in the same directory (essentially what jp said) I missed that since I haven't used kicad.exe that way. The next step on this topic is to remove all the wxSetWorkingDirectory() calls and make the software work

Re: [Kicad-developers] issue with sscanf %lf vs %f

2014-07-26 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 07/26/2014 02:53 PM, Mário Luzeiro wrote: Hi all, I notice that in my system, I have problems parsing data with actual %lf notation that kicad is using. I got warnings about it when it is building, complaining that it is expecting a double but it is parsing to float. Line 50 of

Re: [Kicad-developers] issue with sscanf %lf vs %f

2014-07-26 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 07/26/2014 03:36 PM, Mário Luzeiro wrote: Line 50 of 3d-viewer/3d_struct.h shows that the recipient data item is double. Could it be somebody changed line 50 from: double x, y, z; yes, myself :S sorry, I've now fixed it myself. I changed S3D_VERTEX to glm::vec3 so I can use the glm

Re: [Kicad-developers] Speed up building?

2014-07-25 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 07/25/2014 03:59 AM, Mário Luzeiro wrote: Hello, Is is possible speed up building (in linux) some how? (without to buy a faster computer) It looks it is not building using multiprocessor. Also, every small change, it will took a lot of time by the linker to do its business. I do

Re: [Kicad-developers] Display issue with blind/buried vias

2014-07-23 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 07/22/2014 06:43 PM, Andrew Zonenberg wrote: Proposed fix attached. With this patch, vias are displayed if a) via display is turned on, and b) at least one of the layers the via crosses is displayed. Hi Andrew, Thanks for the idea and the patch. The patch has tabs in it and trailing

Re: [Kicad-developers] bugs on mac install of kicad / libraries

2014-07-21 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 07/21/2014 12:13 AM, Jake wrote: i downloaded a zip of a build for macOS containing KiCad 2014-05-31 BZR 4902-product (called Kicad-product-2014-05-31.zip) I can't remember where I downloaded it though, and the official kicad page at http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/Download leads

Re: [Kicad-developers] Segfault in BOARD::ReplaceNetlist()

2014-07-21 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
I could not duplicate this with the one and only board I tried it with. You may have to zip up the board and netlist file, at least. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net

Re: [Kicad-developers] Segfault in BOARD::ReplaceNetlist()

2014-07-21 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 07/21/2014 10:32 AM, Andrew Zonenberg wrote: I can't share the board unfortunately since it's a project for work. I do have a core dump that I can poke around in and give you info for, as well as see if I can reproduce it on some of the open-source designs I'm working on. That would not be

Re: [Kicad-developers] CvPCB - Error

2014-07-17 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Wow, what a fantastic error message for such a situation. I could not have said it better. Sent from my Galaxy S®III div Original message /divdivFrom: José Eduardo S. C. Xavier josescxav...@hotmail.com /divdivDate:07/17/2014 6:03 AM (GMT-06:00) /divdivTo: Dick Hollenbeck

Re: [Kicad-developers] CvPCB - Error

2014-07-17 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
No Capacitors.pretty in the repo. Proof: kicad/product$ scripts/library-repos-install.sh --list-libraries kicad-library Displays_7-Segment.pretty Air_Coils_SML_NEOSID.pretty Sockets_BNC.pretty Buzzers_Beepers.pretty Capacitors_Elko_ThroughHole.pretty Capacitors_SMD.pretty

Re: [Kicad-developers] CvPCB - Error

2014-07-17 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
José Eduardo S. C. Xavier josescxav...@hotmail.com mailto:josescxav...@hotmail.com: Thank you for the explanation :) 2014-03-04 14:22 GMT+00:00 Dick Hollenbeck d...@softplc.com mailto:d...@softplc.com: OK, last thoughts. What about having a very reduced

Re: [Kicad-developers] CvPCB - Error

2014-07-17 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 07/17/2014 09:16 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: On 07/17/2014 09:02 AM, José Eduardo S. C. Xavier wrote: How can I update the fp-lib-table? Maybe you can't. You have the user's mailing list and the user's manual to find out if you can. This is a developer's mailing list. In PCBNEW

Re: [Kicad-developers] Module editor branch merged

2014-07-17 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 07/17/2014 05:20 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: - Original Message - From: Lorenzo Marcantonio l.marcanto...@logossrl.com To: Kicad Developers kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] Module editor branch merged

Re: [Kicad-developers] winbuilder debug build link fail

2014-07-15 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
http://lifecs.likai.org/2011/10/debugging-static-object-destruction.html was found by googling for debug static destructors. But this is jumping the gun. The question still needs to get answered first. Should you need to go down that path, I am not sure you need to use a Debug build. However

Re: [Kicad-developers] winbuilder debug build link fail

2014-07-15 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
In any case we can conclude that it is not a static destructor issue I think. Since we don't get to the end of main(). ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe :

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