Hi, The documentation files in https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/tree/master/modules/footprints_doc
Are very huge. In fact, this directory alone contributes to 502M out of 580M of the whole kicad-library. Yes, almost 90% of the data downloaded for the kicad-library is pixelated PostScript files. Which means it takes forever to download on a slow link. They seem to be generated from bitmaps, which makes them so huge (and pretty low quality on print; even on a low-resolution screen they are already pixellated). Since they are generated from the PCB printouts of KiCad, this indicates that at the time they were generated, the version of printing was broken - shouldn't it always generate vector graphics ? Since I am right now working my way through the code of KiCad on other parts, I have not entered the printing realm yet - what is the commandline way to generate a postscript file from a *.sch or *.brd file ? That way, these things can be automated in a Makefile. Does KiCad generate/export PostScript directly without going through some generic wxWidgets way of printing ? If not, I could have a stab at it (I usually write PostScript by hand for fun). If this would be vector graphics, the output would be 1/100 the size and extremely high quality. Compare the original pcbnew library-repos/kicad-library/modules/TO-92_Housings_06Jun2013_Part3.kicad_pcb with the generated PostScript result: okular library-repos/kicad-library/modules/footprints_doc/TO-92_Housings_06Jun2013_Part3.ps The postscript file is a 4.6MB and a pixelmess that is not worth printing. I'd like to write a Makefile that generates new, higher quality postscripts, easy-updatable. What would be a commandline-call to pcbnew to do that ? (I just tried printing, and it didn't work on my machine; but I remember to have seen on the list that I need to install some gtk tool to make it work). -h _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
