Well, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, but I'm here to test if anyone comes up with anything! :-)
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Jerry Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/20/11 1:37 PM, Fred Cooke wrote: >> >> Hi, I tried it, but the performance was still abysmal. I find it >> unusable. Scrolling and zooming are one frame per second and it really >> disrupts anything that you are trying to do. > > The native performance on Mac OS X compared to Windows and Linux is a very > big difference. > >> A friend of mine, who is a Mac lover, created this for testing, it's >> made with "winebottler" and works acceptably. I just fired it up at the >> same time as your custom one to compare performance with the same >> machine load/available cpu time and it is really night and day. >> >> Excuse the win UI. If the download disappears, let me know, I will >> upload it to my server instead. >> >> 200 meg http://sorsacode.com/KiCad.app.zip > > I tried it, and it is not bad at all if you want something that just works > (That is why I still have Mac OS X noted as experimental on the kicad wiki). > It draws tons faster then the native build (even with the X11 dependency). > >> Regards, >> >> Fred. > > Good luck, and maybe in some time the native build will have the same > performance as on the other platforms. > >> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Marco Serantoni >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Try this one http://www.mdx4.org/uploads/kicad/Kicad-20-MAY-2011.zip >> >> This uses an hacked version of wx-widgets to enable the Native >> wxOverlay, the result is a working Kicad with some small issues but >> i think still usable. >> >> This was possible after the fix of some problems with the UserScale >> ( http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/13216 ) now in the svn tree. >> >> Still missing a native wxOverlay implementation under Cocoa: >> http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/12894 >> (The default implemented flickers) >> >> -- >> Marco >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Fred Cooke <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> OK, back from the shops! >> >> kicad_osx_v3009_STABLE >> >> It was some daily build, I think. I'm sure you know where from. >> >> I suspected that it was a wx issue. Can you give me a link to >> pester >> the wx devs? I will happily be their tester too :-) >> >> I have a project of my own and a bunch of people, at least two >> of whom >> are reading this use or want to use Kicad to design PCBs for it. >> >> One of my biggest fans is a Mac fan, which is how I ended up with a >> Mac, he'll be happy if it works reasonably on them too. >> >> Regards, >> >> Fred. >> >> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Marco Serantoni >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> > >> > On 15/lug/2011, at 15.39, Fred Cooke wrote: >> > Fred, >> > About which version you are referring to, picked from where ? >> > And which test you have done ? >> > >> > Cause is Know, >> > wx-widgets related vs XOR (un)support on OSX, workarounded >> with wxOverlay that is not correctly implemented under wxCoccoa >> too. >> > ask to wx-developers. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Marco >> > >> >> Hello All, >> >> >> >> A few weeks ago I tried KiCad on OS X and although eeschema >> appeared >> >> to work OK, pcbnew was unusably slow (0.3fps scrolling or >> zooming in >> >> 2d, 3d, which I just, tried is acceptable). I assume that >> you're >> >> already aware of this, and as such I have the following >> questions: >> >> >> >> Is the cause known? >> >> If not, is it being looked for? >> >> If so, is it being worked on? >> >> If so, estimated date of completion? >> >> >> >> If my assumption about this being a known issue was wrong, >> can I do >> >> something to provide feedback more formally? >> >> >> >> Thank you for your time! >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Fred. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >> >> Post to : [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
