Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad Tool Framework

2013-08-09 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/09/2013 10:15 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 08/02/2013 12:10 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Thanks to Orson, Camille, Vesa and others we now have the cool and >> lightning-fast GAL-driven graphics view in pcbnew. Now it's time to make >> it do some real work, that means edit

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad Tool Framework

2013-08-09 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/02/2013 12:10 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks to Orson, Camille, Vesa and others we now have the cool and > lightning-fast GAL-driven graphics view in pcbnew. Now it's time to make > it do some real work, that means editing operations. > > Since the GAL does not allow XOR

Re: [Kicad-developers] Online library sharing idea

2013-08-09 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/09/2013 05:22 PM, schneidersoft wrote: > Hi Dick, > > this is Santa Claus, and I think I need to have a talk with you. If you > want to get rich go to Wall Street, if you simply want to make a living > focus on something what you can sell for money. But do me one favor > before you tickin

Re: [Kicad-developers] Online library sharing idea

2013-08-09 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/09/2013 04:21 PM, Rick Walker wrote: > > Here's what I'd like to see: If I could give you guys Santa Claus's address, I would. But I don't know it. So unless you do know it, I suggest you start by deciding what you are willing to fund, or what patch you are willing to contribute. I k

Re: [Kicad-developers] Online library sharing idea

2013-08-09 Thread Rick Walker
Here's what I'd like to see: 1) I can upload my footprints and symbols and they get tagged as "mine". If I only want to share, but not take, then I can set the system up to only use my twork. 2) If I find someone else has a similar esthetic to mine, then I can add their wor

Re: [Kicad-developers] page settings dialog "(N..." button

2013-08-09 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 02:32:07PM -0400, Carl Poirier wrote: > No issue for me on Ubuntu, wxWidgets 2.8! The Debian people are known to heavy patch stuff to fix thing they don't like (not always a good thing, IMHO :P) IIRC not even /bin/init is stock on Debian:P However I agree that wx is ugly

Re: [Kicad-developers] page settings dialog "(N..." button

2013-08-09 Thread Carl Poirier
No issue for me on Ubuntu, wxWidgets 2.8! On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 1:53 PM, jp charras wrote: > In my last commit, I removed the wxFilePickerCtrl used in Page Setup > Dialog (replaced by a wxTextCtrl+wxButton). > Under wxWidgets 2.8 (fixed in 2.9) the behavior is very different between > Windows a

Re: [Kicad-developers] page settings dialog "(N..." button

2013-08-09 Thread jp charras
In my last commit, I removed the wxFilePickerCtrl used in Page Setup Dialog (replaced by a wxTextCtrl+wxButton). Under wxWidgets 2.8 (fixed in 2.9) the behavior is very different between Windows and Linux. This is not acceptable in Kicad. I hope this fixes the issue. Please, test it. Note: I

Re: [Kicad-developers] Install KiCad on non Ubuntu distros - best way?

2013-08-09 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/09/2013 09:08 AM, Kaspar Emanuel wrote: > My issue was rather that root was used during the compilation process. I > would suggest > building somewhere in the user's home directory rather than /opt which is > meant for > installed software that doesn't use conventional paths. I now have acc

Re: [Kicad-developers] Install KiCad on non Ubuntu distros - best way?

2013-08-09 Thread Kaspar Emanuel
My issue was rather that root was used during the compilation process. I would suggest building somewhere in the user's home directory rather than /opt which is meant for installed software that doesn't use conventional paths. I now have access and will edit the page when I find some time. On 9 A

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad presented at Fosdem

2013-08-09 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Be sure and mention that they can have a say in the topics of the presentation and discussion. Thanks again. On Aug 9, 2013 7:51 AM, "Fabrizio Tappero" wrote: > > Hi Dick, > sure no worries, it would even be a good change for us to meet !! > > I'll go a head and ask. > > cheers > Fabrizio > > On

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad presented at Fosdem

2013-08-09 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Dick, sure no worries, it would even be a good change for us to meet !! I'll go a head and ask. cheers Fabrizio On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 08/08/2013 10:39 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: >> Hi guys, >> Feb next year there will be these annual conf in Belgium: >>

Re: [Kicad-developers] Online library sharing idea

2013-08-09 Thread László Monda
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Chris Morgan wrote: > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 5:02 AM, Andrew Seddon wrote: >> >> I can tell you a few key design decisions we made which might help. >> >> - Lib must be cached user side, lack of internet shouldn't stop you >> designing. Files work fine, you dont n

Re: [Kicad-developers] Online library sharing idea

2013-08-09 Thread Chris Morgan
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 5:02 AM, Andrew Seddon wrote: > I can tell you a few key design decisions we made which might help. > > - Lib must be cached user side, lack of internet shouldn't stop you > designing. Files work fine, you dont need to invent a new protocol. > > - Footprints are defined as

Re: [Kicad-developers] Online library sharing idea

2013-08-09 Thread Andrew Seddon
I can tell you a few key design decisions we made which might help. - Lib must be cached user side, lack of internet shouldn't stop you designing. Files work fine, you dont need to invent a new protocol. - Footprints are defined as code(JavaScript for us). We use a tree based template system, so

Re: [Kicad-developers] datasheets as URIs

2013-08-09 Thread Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
I really like the feature, over that we could stack up an extra feature (somewhere in the future) to locally backup those pdfs,for just in case they disappear or get moved around (something quite usual). I use to have a User field on parts, with a datasheet link like that, but having it standarize