I will review it as soon as I can free up the time. It certainly is something we could use. If other developers can review it and give feedback, that would be helpful.
Wayne On 6/5/2017 7:03 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > Sure seems interesting, but I suspect people just have not had time to > review or test this yet, including me. > > 2017-06-05 10:07 GMT+02:00 Kristoffer Ödmark <[email protected]>: >> Hello! >> >> Is there any interest in this? >> >> - Kristoffer >> >> >> On 2017-05-21 22:32, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote: >>> >>> Hello! >>> >>> I fixed the kicad clipboard code according to your comments, it is now >>> linked to ctrl+c and ctrl+v, utilizing different code paths depending on >>> what frame they are invoked at. >>> >>> I also fixed the crashes when trying to paste strange stuff. >>> >>> The code is available for testing at: >>> >>> https://code.launchpad.net/~kristoffer-odmark/kicad/+git/kicad/+ref/copypasta >>> >>> One thing is missing since I am unsure how to proceed, >>> the context menu entries. >>> >>> Should I create a new clipboard_tool.cpp/h file and add context entries >>> from there? >>> >>> Should I add the context entries in the files where they are now? >>> ( selection menu for copying to clipboard, pcbnew_control for pasting, >>> module editor tool for pasting in module editor ) >>> >>> Should I do it someway enterily different? >>> >>> Please advice >>> >>> - Kristoffer >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2017-05-08 15:41, Maciej Sumiński wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Kristoffer, >>>> >>>> It is a neat feature. Your application is a good application, but I >>>> think it would really shine in the footprint editor. Unfortunately, it >>>> crashes when I tried to copy and paste a bunch of pads. Could you check >>>> it? >>>> >>>> IMHO it would be better to keep standard Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V hot keys, as >>>> this is what people are likely to press when they want to copy or paste >>>> items. These two functions also deserve an entry in the right-click >>>> context menu. Let's not add more hidden features in KiCad. >>>> >>>> Speaking of which, you can also have a look at >>>> MODULE_EDITOR_TOOLS::{Copy,Paste}Items() >>>> (pcbnew/tools/module_editor_tools.cpp). Yes, you guessed it - there was >>>> already copy & paste for the module editor, but it was not properly >>>> exposed, mea culpa. We need to pick one way, and remove the other. >>>> >>>> There are also some code formatting violations that also should be >>>> handled before merging the patch. Tools like uncrustify or clang-format >>>> will do most of the boring work for you. >>>> >>>> If we decide to choose your way, then you need to add GPL license header >>>> for kicad_clipboard.{cpp,h} too. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Orson >>>> >>>> On 05/04/2017 10:40 AM, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello all! >>>>> >>>>> Last night I was doing some design that used a PCB antenna. I had this >>>>> antenna design made in zones, It was very frustrating to try to copy >>>>> this between an old design and a new one since I had to use a texteditor >>>>> ( very glad that I could though ). >>>>> >>>>> After this I figured that this should be able to be copy-pasted between >>>>> pcbs. >>>>> >>>>> So I have now implemented a subclass of the PCB_IO, that can format an >>>>> entire board or a selection to the clipboard in textformat, and then >>>>> created a subclass to the PCB_PARSER that parses from the clipboard and >>>>> reuses the "append board" functionality to add them back. It also does >>>>> remove the "path" properties of modules. This allows me to copy-paste >>>>> things between different PCBs in kicad. The shortcut keys are >>>>> ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v so that people dont use this by mistake :) >>>>> >>>>> I think that this might be useful for reusing designs in some manner, >>>>> and if this is in Kicad, my next step would be to start looking into >>>>> some tool to link the pasted modules to symbols in the schematic. >>>>> >>>>> Give me some insight on what you think about this please :) >>>>> >>>>> video: https://youtu.be/4SuUzma0Ua4 >>>>> >>>>> (only tested in linux) >>>>> >>>>> - Kristoffer >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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
