On 08/02/2013 12:10 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks to Orson, Camille, Vesa and others we now have the cool and > lightning-fast GAL-driven graphics view in pcbnew. Now it's time to make > it do some real work, that means editing operations. > > Since the GAL does not allow XOR rendering, some significant refactoring > of the editing tools' code will have to happen at some point. I took it > as an opportunity to propose a tiny library/framework/abstraction (pick > your favorite name) for the editing tools. Its main goals are: > - separate tool = separate class, contrary to the current state where > all tools reside in PCB_EDIT_FRAME event handlers. This would allow for > writing new tools without touching the frame code (which is quite > complex) and abstract tools into plugins. > - no "asynchronous" drawing. If a tool wants to draw something, it adds > it to a VIEW, and the VIEW makes sure it's displayed in correct order > and without damaging other parts of screen. > - eliminate static/global tool states. > - independence from the GUI toolkit and its quirks on different systems. > Tools get the events in world space that are already adjusted to what's > going on with the view (panning, scrolling, zoom, etc.) > - tools accessible from scripts > > I wrote a slightly longer technical description and uploaded it to the > CERN project Wiki: http://www.ohwr.org/projects/cern-kicad/wiki/Kicad-tool. > > There is a demo available (kicad-gal-orson branch), that shows a simple > selection tool (Go to Edit->Selection tool with the GAL view enabled). > It's not yet useful for any practical purposes and very unstable - It's > purpose is it just to show the overall idea and prepare ground for > technical discussion. > > Thanks in advance for your feedback, > Tom
Tom, You deserve better than this buddy. Anyone give you feedback yet? I will try to this weekend. Please don't take the silence as anyone thinking your work is not exceedingly important. Thanks, Dick _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
