Plugin manager is in the works: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2242 There will be some progress over the long weekend.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 3:06 PM Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > I like the sound of this idea, it could definitely help the workflow > for a lot of people. > > What may be related to this is some properly "plugin" manager such > that it is easier to bundle some script and have some script installed > external, similar to the freecad addon manager. > > I don't remember if anyone is seriously working on that, I sorta > expect that to be on hold unstill eeschema gets scripting support. > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 at 21:43, Eeli Kaikkonen <eeli.kaikko...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 9:17 PM Mark Roszko <mark.ros...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> While more extensibility is great. I can only say expecting the user to > use python exclusively for adding the new behavior like for issue #2339 is > very crude. > > > > > > I'm not saying any possible feature which can be replaced with a script > should be replaced. It must be decided case by case. I don't even say that > these examples are something where an internal feature should be replaced > with a hook. They are just possible examples to show what could be > possible. Just think about it this way: > > > > 1. Which one is better, just let the users wait for the feature to be > implemented, or add a hook which makes it possible to implement it right > away in a simple way in a script and then let the users wait for it to be > implemented in KiCad proper later? > > > > 2. Each hook makes it possible to add any imaginable functionality, not > just one feature wish. > > > > 3. Adding a hook doesn't take anything away, it just adds possibilities. > > > > 4. Any developer is still free to implement anything in C++. Like now > they are free to implement a functionality which has existed only in an > action script before. > > > > 5. Adding a hook doesn't change the UI or the behavior in any way. They > wouldn't cause any bugs if the backend for the hook system is good. Hooks > could be added even for bugfix releases. It may be much better than waiting > for one or two years for the next feature release. > > > > > >> > >> Not everyone is a programmer > > > > > > Sure. But big problems with scripting have been 1) the unstable API and > 2) the lack of asset infrastructure. Both are being worked on. When KiCad > scripting gets more traction and the scripts are easier to share and > install, not everyone needs to be a programmer and still can easily benefit > from the work from others. The potential number of python developers for > simple scripts like string handling and generic file manipulation is > certainly larger than the amount of potential C++ developers. > > > > And if we take that #2339 as an example, it would require a real GUI in > KiCad proper (because it would need a way to manipulate the list of > folders). A python script would be one a couple of python functions and a > list of text strings. If someone writes the script, anyone can change the > list of strings, there's no need to be a programmer to change the names of > the folders. So, which one would be the better option: 1) add a simple hook > to make it possible and implement the GUI later, or 2) not make it possible > until someone implements the GUI? > > > > Eeli Kaikkonen > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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