So what exactly are we going to do? We need to fix up the CMake files and the real search paths. What should the paths be?
2015-09-30 15:51 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]>: > The contents of the pcbnew/scritping/plugins folder will be installed > which contains the scripts you are describing. It currently is not > installed on windows or linux. Ironically it is install on osx. I'm > not sure how that happened. The contents of pcbnew/scripting/examples > will not be installed unless someone verifies that they run without > issue. As Miguel suggested, the example scripts may be broken due to > changes in the board API. I would rather not install broken examples > since the plugin scripts can also serve as examples. > > On 9/30/2015 9:35 AM, easyw wrote: >> Hi Wayne, >> please reconsider to leave the python wizard installed >> The wizard is giving: >> BGA, DIP/SIP, QFP, Circular array and BarCode just out of the box. >> >> May be they are improvable (exposed pad, thermal vias etc), but at this >> state they are fully usable (without any crash or prob) and much faster >> then standard footprint editor. >> Moreover, if you do not include them you get a wizard button in pcbnew >> footprint editor for nothing... >> >> >> >> On 30/09/2015 14.30, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>> Thanks for the update. I'll leave the python examples uninstalled until >>> we can confirm that they are not broken. I don't think it's all that >>> important for the stable release. Users can always look at the python >>> plugins to get an idea of how the python scripting works. >>> >>> On 9/30/2015 3:59 AM, Miguel Angel Ajo wrote: >>>> I agree with JP here, QFP and QFN may be separate wizards. If there are >>>> common parts, feel free to use inheritance from a common base to reuse >>>> code. >>>> >>>> About naming: footprint generators sound better, or whatever, at that >>>> time I was following an industry leader on naming it..., but I agree >>>> footprint generator is more clear for the task. >>>> >>>> About including our scripting examples, I wouldn't, those are not tested >>>> with the current codebase, and likely to be broken because of C++ >>>> interface changes. >>>> >>>> Sorry for my slow response, >>>> best regards, >>>> Miguel Ángel. >>>> >>>> >>>> jp charras wrote: >>>>> Le 30/09/2015 01:25, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : >>>>>> JP, >>>>>> >>>>>> Your name is on the initial commit for qfn_wizard.py. I don't have >>>>>> time >>>>>> to figure out these patches should be included. Do these patches make >>>>>> sense? Let me know so I can make a decision on whether or not to >>>>>> commit >>>>>> them. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Wayne >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> These patches make sense, I used them to fix bugs in our footprint >>>>> wizard dialog issues, and issues in some pythons scripts (mainly usage >>>>> of print command which created python exceptions when stdout was never >>>>> read, especially on Windows). >>>>> >>>>> But do not commit them. Reasons: >>>>> - I am thinking the wizard to create a QFN should be an other wizard >>>>> than the QFN wizard. >>>>> The thermal pad needs many parameters, useless for a QFN without >>>>> thermal >>>>> pad. >>>>> - The wizard to create a QFN with thermal pad needs refinements, before >>>>> being committed >>>>> >>>>> I'll have a look at that later. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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
