Re: [Kicad-developers] Schematic libraries code (previously, Boost include files).

2010-09-13 Thread jean-pierre charras
Le 13/09/2010 22:16, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : I'ld rather not get off topic but I think I may have found one as I have wrestled with a problem for several weeks and with at least two false starts. The problem stems from the current design of CMP_LIBRARY and it's ownership of LIB_ALIAS and

Re: [Kicad-developers] Boost include files.

2010-09-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 09/13/2010 03:16 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 9/13/2010 11:29 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > >> On 09/13/2010 09:47 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> >>> Is there a set criteria for the Boost include files that are part of Kicad? >>> The reason I ask is I wanted to use boost::shared_ptr to

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Installer debate

2010-09-13 Thread Martijn Kuipers
On Sep 13, 2010, at 18:42 PM, Jerry Jacobs wrote: > On 09/13/2010 05:01 PM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: ... >> Sure. For Kicad who is the OSX package manager? I hope (s)he is reading this >> list. As for Linux, I think Kicad ought to provide a static-version (should >> fit most distros). Of cours

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Installer debate

2010-09-13 Thread Martijn Kuipers
On Sep 13, 2010, at 19:18 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 09/13/2010 12:42 PM, Jerry Jacobs wrote: >> As Kicad is getting more users and some people who write patches/join >> the mailing list it is better that there will be a official Mac OS X >> group within Kicad. This because things ar

Re: [Kicad-developers] Boost include files.

2010-09-13 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 9/13/2010 4:05 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 09/13/2010 02:16 PM, jean-pierre charras wrote: >> Le 13/09/2010 16:47, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : >> >>> Is there a set criteria for the Boost include files that are part of Kicad? >>> >> I do not know the advantage of boost::shared_ptr, so

Re: [Kicad-developers] Boost include files.

2010-09-13 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 9/13/2010 3:16 PM, jean-pierre charras wrote: > Le 13/09/2010 16:47, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : >> >> Is there a set criteria for the Boost include files that are part of Kicad? >> The reason I ask is I wanted to use boost::shared_ptr to solve an issue I was >> having while working on the new com

Re: [Kicad-developers] Boost include files.

2010-09-13 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 9/13/2010 11:29 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 09/13/2010 09:47 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> Is there a set criteria for the Boost include files that are part of Kicad? >> The reason I ask is I wanted to use boost::shared_ptr to solve an issue I was >> having while working on the new component

Re: [Kicad-developers] Boost include files.

2010-09-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 09/13/2010 02:16 PM, jean-pierre charras wrote: > Le 13/09/2010 16:47, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : > >> Is there a set criteria for the Boost include files that are part of Kicad? >> > I do not know the advantage of boost::shared_ptr, so I am talking just about > Boost include files in Ki

Re: [Kicad-developers] Boost include files.

2010-09-13 Thread jean-pierre charras
Le 13/09/2010 16:47, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : Is there a set criteria for the Boost include files that are part of Kicad? The reason I ask is I wanted to use boost::shared_ptr to solve an issue I was having while working on the new component library code an found that there are some missing hea

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Installer debate

2010-09-13 Thread Jerry Jacobs
On 13-09-10 20:18, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > Is there a way to run OSx on a virtual machine on Ubuntu? > If not, then I'm afraid I cannot be part of "the Mac group", until > somebody buys me a Mac. I saw a guy at school past week running OS X in a virtual machine. After surfing google about instal

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Installer debate

2010-09-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 09/13/2010 12:42 PM, Jerry Jacobs wrote: > On 09/13/2010 05:01 PM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: > >> On Sep 13, 2010, at 15:20 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> >> >>> On 09/13/2010 08:53 AM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: >>> How do we want the OSX packages to look like (installer) ? At

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Installer debate

2010-09-13 Thread Jerry Jacobs
On 09/13/2010 05:01 PM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: > > On Sep 13, 2010, at 15:20 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > >> On 09/13/2010 08:53 AM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: >>> How do we want the OSX packages to look like (installer) ? >>> At the moment we have a DMG-generated from scripts and one generated with

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Installer debate

2010-09-13 Thread Martijn Kuipers
On Sep 13, 2010, at 16:56 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > >> Perhaps you are not familiar with the OSX installation process. It is >> extremely simple. You drag the application into the Applications folder and >> you are done. Uninstalling is simply done by deleting the application. OSX >> does

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Installer debate

2010-09-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
> Perhaps you are not familiar with the OSX installation process. It is > extremely simple. You drag the application into the Applications folder and > you are done. Uninstalling is simply done by deleting the application. OSX > does not have the wonderful install/uninstall/upgrade/solve depend

Re: [Kicad-developers] Coding Style Guide

2010-09-13 Thread Alex G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > I will add do not use 'this->'. > > I would not have thought it to be a problem until I just now grepped for it: > > $ grep -R 'this->' . > > and see it is seeping in from folks that have not lived long enough in > the C++ world yet. > Seven years

Re: [Kicad-developers] Boost include files.

2010-09-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 09/13/2010 10:29 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 09/13/2010 09:47 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > >> Is there a set criteria for the Boost include files that are part of Kicad? >> The reason I ask is I wanted to use boost::shared_ptr to solve an issue I was >> having while working on the new com

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Installer debate

2010-09-13 Thread Martijn Kuipers
On Sep 13, 2010, at 16:13 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 09/13/2010 10:01 AM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: >> On Sep 13, 2010, at 15:20 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> >> >>> On 09/13/2010 08:53 AM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: >>> How do we want the OSX packages to look like (installer) ? At the

Re: [Kicad-developers] Boost include files.

2010-09-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 09/13/2010 09:47 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > Is there a set criteria for the Boost include files that are part of Kicad? > The reason I ask is I wanted to use boost::shared_ptr to solve an issue I was > having while working on the new component library code an found that there are > some missin

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Installer debate

2010-09-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 09/13/2010 10:01 AM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: > On Sep 13, 2010, at 15:20 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > > >> On 09/13/2010 08:53 AM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: >> >>> How do we want the OSX packages to look like (installer) ? >>> At the moment we have a DMG-generated from scripts and one genera

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Installer debate

2010-09-13 Thread Martijn Kuipers
On Sep 13, 2010, at 15:20 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 09/13/2010 08:53 AM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: >> How do we want the OSX packages to look like (installer) ? >> At the moment we have a DMG-generated from scripts and one generated with >> CPack (I patched my CMakeList.txt with the patch fro

[Kicad-developers] submitting patches

2010-09-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
I added a FAQ for submitting patches https://answers.launchpad.net/kicad/+faq/1049 The main thing that's new there is the request to use [PATCH] at the start of the subject line. This is an effort to keep patches from getting lost on the mailing list. Thunderbird can be told to copy these em

[Kicad-developers] Boost include files.

2010-09-13 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Is there a set criteria for the Boost include files that are part of Kicad? The reason I ask is I wanted to use boost::shared_ptr to solve an issue I was having while working on the new component library code an found that there are some missing header files that prevent using boost::shared_ptr. T

Re: [Kicad-developers] Coding Style Guide

2010-09-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 09/13/2010 08:52 AM, Alex G wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > >>> Thanks! One particular item of interest to me is that I wasn't able >>> gauge is the use of "this->" to explicitly state that the variable is a >>> member of the object. Is this acceptable? >>> >

Re: [Kicad-developers] Footprint reference/value text size patch

2010-09-13 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 9/10/2010 9:19 AM, Marco Mattila wrote: > Hi, > > Do you have any input regarding this patch proposal? Is there something that > should be done differently for this to be considered? Marco, I apologize for not responding sooner but I've been very busy. I reviewed your patch and have a few co

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Installer debate

2010-09-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 09/13/2010 08:53 AM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: > How do we want the OSX packages to look like (installer) ? > At the moment we have a DMG-generated from scripts and one generated with > CPack (I patched my CMakeList.txt with the patch from Jerry floating around > on the list). > > Neither are sat

[Kicad-developers] OSX Installer debate

2010-09-13 Thread Martijn Kuipers
How do we want the OSX packages to look like (installer) ? At the moment we have a DMG-generated from scripts and one generated with CPack (I patched my CMakeList.txt with the patch from Jerry floating around on the list). Neither are satisfactory, in my opinion. Let me explain: If we add docs

Re: [Kicad-developers] Coding Style Guide

2010-09-13 Thread Alex G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> Thanks! One particular item of interest to me is that I wasn't able >> gauge is the use of "this->" to explicitly state that the variable is a >> member of the object. Is this acceptable? >> > > No. This is not really C++. What you talk about

Re: [Kicad-developers] Coding Style Guide

2010-09-13 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 09/13/2010 04:17 AM, Alex G wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 09/13/2010 08:09 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > >> On 09/12/2010 11:42 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> >>> Attached is the document that Wayne and I have put together, first >>> public draft. >>> >>>

Re: [Kicad-developers] Coding Style Guide

2010-09-13 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010, Alex G wrote: Thanks! One particular item of interest to me is that I wasn't able gauge is the use of "this->" to explicitly state that the variable is a member of the object. Is this acceptable? It's considered bad form everywhere, except for inheritance related work (whe

Re: [Kicad-developers] Coding Style Guide

2010-09-13 Thread Alex G
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/13/2010 08:09 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 09/12/2010 11:42 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> Attached is the document that Wayne and I have put together, first >> public draft. >> >> There should be hyperlinks from the PDF table of contents, but