I just committed a fix so at least the python plugins will get installed in share/kicad/scripting which seems to work properly on msys2/mingw64 builds. I'll test it on Linux when I get a chance. I'm going to pass on the python scripting example folder unless someone can confirm that all of the example python scripts work correctly.
On 9/30/2015 11:59 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > 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
