Icons: Yes, I also used them without any problems… just a matter of taste I guess.
Boost: I used stock 1.56 from MacPorts without any noticeable issues the last couple of months. Regards, Bernhard On 22.01.2015, at 20:40, Collin Anderson <metacol...@electropi.mp> wrote: > Menu icons: > So, maybe I missed something and someone resolved the issue, but I just built > KiCad with the USE_MENU_ICONS turned on and it works flawlessly and looks > great. I don't understand why it is off for OS X, I could not find any issue > and indeed, the menu icons really improve everything and make things feel a > lot more user-friendly and intuitive. > > Did someone fix whatever was wrong? Or was it broken, then something changed > (perhaps due to wx 3.0.2.0 vs. 3.0.1.1?) Or maybe I simply didn't notice the > problem? They sure seem fine to me: > > http://i.imgur.com/LcX6BsV.jpg > > http://i.imgur.com/HcpwZim.jpg > > http://i.imgur.com/vVzljfg.jpg > > > Boost: > All but one of the patches that get applied to boost are now part of the > official 1.57 release, to the point that you can attempt to apply them and > patch will show it as already applied, meaning its *exactly* the same. > > But one patch, patches/boost_minkowski.patch (which sounds more like a > Lorentz transformation in flat space time to me....sorry, bad physics pun > =P), which comments out two lines in one of the covolve_two_polygons > functions, still correctly patches boost 1.57. But, using KICAD_SKIP_BOOST > and ditching all that entirely builds what appears to be a perfectly fine > .app, but I worry something subtle gets broken and I just don't know what to > look for. I haven't been able to figure out what exactly the patch is/was > needed for or what issues there might be. > > My question is, what's the deail? :) Do we need to patch boost at all now? > Why is boost_minkowski needed, or was it needed, but no more? Or maybe it was > done years ago by someone else and no one is quite sure? :) > > It is still valuable to build boost as the versions installed by package > managers are generally unsuitable for multi-architecture, á la > USE_OXS_DEPS_BUILDER, so if the patch is not needed, it is worth repurposing > the boost cmake module under that flag at least when making distribution > builds. > > Finally, I have finished a more complete and polished homebrew tap for KiCad, > along with a kicad-library formula that allows library management via > homebrew, but is interoperable with KiCad from any source - official, > unofficial, custom built, homebrewed - without issue. It keeps it in the > Cellar and symlinks it into Application Support, and it would seem symlinking > works without issue, so the one OS X user talking about storing things on a > thumbdrive - well, its a bit of a hack but you can. Copy the kicad > application support folder to the thumb drive, then replace the one in > ~/Library with a symlink to it, and you should be good to go :). > > Anyway, I apologize and won't be tooting my own horn again since my homebrew > tap is not really helpful to the project. I do find it helpful in my own > workflow though, as it lets updating the binary to the latest revision of > kicad:product (but isolated from one's own modifications stored elsewhere) be > done with a single command from shell. I mostly made it for myself, so I > will not be butthurt if no one else finds it helpful or anything. Just > wanted to mention it one last time as it's now in a 'finished' state: > https://github.com/metacollin/homebrew-kicad > > -- > "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Isaac Asimov > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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