And maybe a dumb question, but… how do I get some debugging output from kicadplugins.i? Will a simple Python print() show something? Where?
Regards, Bernhard > On 28 Sep 2015, at 23:01, Bernhard Stegmaier <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK. > I’ll play around a bit with it on the weekend. > If it is really only about adding the system (== application bundle) path to > kicadplugins.i, it could be quite easy. > > The path itself is just a matter of definition… but for the sake of > consistency, it IMHO should use a pattern similar to the other OSs. > > You then still can decide if you want it for the stable release. > Might cause some problems, because I bet almost nobody on OS X did do > anything serious with python…? > > > Regards, > Bernhard > > >> On 28 Sep 2015, at 22:49, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm not sure about the appropriate path on osx. Even on osx, the python >> scripts only get installed when the python scripting build is enabled so >> Adam must be building the python scripting on osx. >> >> Looking at kicadplugins.i, it definitely will not find the system >> install path for the plugin python scripts. I'm not sure I want to mess >> with it too much before the stable release. The python scripting >> support code could use some love. >> >> On 9/28/2015 4:36 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier wrote: >>> Where should I find it? >>> I thought I read somewhen it should be somewhere under Tools->…? >>> >>> I just checked Adams last build and I only see "Tools->Scripting Console”, >>> nothing else. >>> The python files seem to be contained in the application bundle, although >>> at a place that doesn’t seem to match anything from the other platforms: >>> <kicad.app> >>> … +- SharedSupport => that’s the base path for all additionally shipped >>> things >>> +- plugins => here are the xls files >>> +- scripting >>> +- plugins => here are the python files >>> >>> I think this is some old stuff I did pretty much without knowing anything >>> about scripting or plugins… >>> If there is an agreement on how it is done on the other platforms (xslt vs. >>> python), I could make it the same for OS X. >>> >>> Anyway… the kicadplugins.i is IMHO definitely wrong and doesn’t match >>> anything of the other compiled-in paths. >>> You may be lucky to get it working with some magic $KICAD_PATH and $PATH >>> settings. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Bernhard >>> >>>> On 28 Sep 2015, at 22:02, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> The python based footprint wizards does not use the python console... >>>> >>>> 2015-09-28 21:50 GMT+02:00 Bernhard Stegmaier <[email protected]>: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I guess the paths defined in this kicadplugins.i are also pretty useless >>>>> for OS X: >>>>> * This will never reach the <kicad.app >>>>> Bundle>/Contents/SharedSupport/plugins/ folder where the shipped plugins >>>>> will probably go into >>>>> * It should add probably some $HOME/Library/Application >>>>> Support/kicad/plugins folder for user defined script plugins >>>>> (Except you have those paths in your system $PATH, what you normally >>>>> won’t want to…) >>>>> >>>>> Should this be changed for stable release for OS X? >>>>> Will the stable release be shipped with scripting support on OS X? >>>>> Last time I tried it wasn’t really usable because of the clashes with the >>>>> menu hotkeys in the python console… >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Bernhard >>>>> >>>>>> On 28.09.2015, at 20:56, LordBlick <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> In response to a message written on 28.09.2015, 20:31, from Wayne >>>>>> Stambaugh: >>>>>>> Maybe we should put the python scripts in share/kicad/scripting/python >>>>>> +1 >>>>>>>>>> ${KICAD_PATH}/scripting/plugins >>>>>>>>>> ${HOME}/.kicad_plugins >>>>>>>>>> ${HOME}/.kicad/scripting/plugins >>>>>> Also with minimum, add ${HOME}/.local/share/kicad/scripting/python >>>>>> here. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Best Regards, >>>>>> LordBlick >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
