Thanks a lot, found it now! And I don’t believe it… it even seems to work without any problems (well, just created the default QFP and changed pads from oval to rectangular…).
I’ll post a patch for OS X in the next couple of days to make paths consistently pointing to *only* the one “scripting/plugins” inside the application bundle where the footprint plugins are delivered right now. Regards, Bernhard > On 29 Sep 2015, at 17:45, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is not well documented, I guess partly becaue the plugins was never > found on a default installation. > > But see http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/en/images/Modedit_top_toolbar.png > this is in the footprint editor. > > It is the 7th icon from the left. The chip package with a small paper > on it. Although the icon has changed to a star and a some tools. > > 2015-09-29 17:40 GMT+02:00 Bernhard Stegmaier <[email protected]>: >> >>> On 29 Sep 2015, at 10:49, Brian Sidebotham <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> See the comments about stdout not being open for python: >>> https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/master/scripting/kicadplugins.i#L43 >>> >>> Just open a new file to direct stdout to temporarily while you're >>> debugging/testing: >>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4675728/redirect-stdout-to-a-file-in-python#answer-4675744 >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> Brian. >> >> Thanks for the tip… worked. >> >> I need some help, though: >> I changed the paths and I verified that all of the python wizards/plugins >> are loaded fine. >> All paths are correct, python seems to load the plugins via __import__ just >> fine (there seems to be a valid object when doing a print on it), no other >> errors. >> But, I just don’t find those plugins anywhere in pcbnew… :( >> >> Maybe I am just blind, but where are they supposed to be? >> If they should appear in the menu, where are the menu entries created? >> >> I don’t know if related, I did not notice that before: >> When opening the Tools menu I always get an OS X wxWidgets assertion about >> invalid checked/unchecked menu items which obviously are created wrong (at >> least for OS X)… maybe those are the ones I am missing? >> >> >> Regards, >> Bernhard >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
