Dear All,
I am a university EEE student looking to start contributing to the KiCad
project. I have little/no experience with such large coding projects so am
starting small. Through my summer internships I have gained some good
experience with "Enterprise Class" EDA tools.
Please find attached my f
end' rather than 'Import'. In my opinion it is a better description
> for the action.
>
> Regards,
> Orson
>
> On 08/27/2017 11:12 PM, Michael Kavanagh wrote:
> > Dear All,
> > I am a university EEE student looking to start contributing to the KiCad
> &g
Hi,
I have attached an updated patch, reverting back to the "Append"
terminology. I will look into transitioning over to using "worksheet" but
this looks like a fairly big task.
Regards,
Michael
On 29 August 2017 at 09:35, Michael Kavanagh
wrote:
> Hi Orson,
>
&g
ver
> possible. It makes reviewing them far easier.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 8/29/2017 11:14 AM, Michael Kavanagh wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have attached an updated patch, reverting back to the "Append"
> > terminology. I will look into transit
th others,
> such that UI actions & appearance possible in one are also elsewhere
> (consistency); however I can see a point in having the worksheet be edited
> using a tool that knows what it is editing, and thus can offer appropriate
> help and context.
>
> On 29/08/2017 2
There is a subtle difference between Ctrl+Click and Shift+Click for
adding items to a selection. E.g. in Windows Explorer/macOS Finder/MS
Office:
- Ctrl + Click: Add only the clicked item to the selection
- Shift + Click: Add the clicked item and all the items in between
the currently selected an
Congrats and welcome!
On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 at 09:41, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
>
> Welcome to our newest Bug Squad members Eeli Kaikkonen and Simon
> Richter. As members of the Bug Squad, they help to verify, triage and
> classify our bug reports, serving a critical role in ensuring KiCad
> continues
This is completely standard. Infact, the .pkg installers that Jon
mentioned are in my experience very rare (only Microsoft Office and
MatLab initially spring to mind).
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 15:22, Rene Pöschl wrote:
>
> Hi all but especially adam,
>
>
> lately there where a few threads on the fo
Hi Adam,
Looks like KiCad already has a Cask:
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/kicad.rb.
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 16:32, Adam Wolf wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Thanks for bringing this to my attention, Rene.
>
> I have attached two images, one showing what "normal" macOS
> i
FYI, Icon Options also remains in the KiCad manager, Page Layout
Editor and Eeschema menu bars as well as Gerbview's. Although KiCad
manager and Page Layout Editor don't have preferences dialogs to put
it in.
Its missing from the symbol editor "General Options" dialog and
footprint editor "General
Hi all,
I like the idea of transparency per object type but also wouldn't want to
see layer transparency go completely.
I attach a screenshot from another ECAD suite allows both colour and
transparency tied to layer and/or object type. I think this works
particularly well.
Kind regards,
Michael
Ha, thanks!
On that note, there are a lot of old bugs marked as "Fix Committed", but
because they were never associated to a milestone (or some other reason)
the Janitor never cleaned them up to "Fix Released" when they were in fact
released.
At the time of writing:
467 fix committed
13 off 5.1.0
I suppose " doing an immediate action and selecting the
tool" has the best of both worlds, but off the top of my head I cant think
of any other piece of mainstream software (CAD or otherwise) that does this.
I think I'd lean also towards 'hotkey activates the tool' seeing as its the
most common.
That’s what I like to hear.
Cheers,
Michael
On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 15:39, Maciej Suminski
wrote:
> On 4/29/19 8:51 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:> Orson and I were discussing
> giving Janitor the power to cleanup all bugs
> > with Fix Committed prior to v5.1 as Fix Released. That should take care
>
Making the Hierarchical Navigator modeless and dockable would be a good
start, and is more doable in the short term.
Cheers,
Michael
On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 01:41, Russell Oliver wrote:
> One thing I liked from Eagle was the list of sheets as thumbnails to
> allow for visual recognition.
>
>
> Re
se two commands?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff.
>
>
> On 5 May 2019, at 20:44, Michael Kavanagh
> wrote:
>
> Great work Jeff!
>
> Minor issue, I'm getting an assert when trying to open an example project.
> See attached screenshot. If I "Cancel to suppress further wa
gs are just so we don’t ship a default
> set that already has collisions; we gracefully handle them if users create
> them.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
>
> On 5 May 2019, at 20:59, Michael Kavanagh
> wrote:
>
> Ah, they're duplicated, both Cmd+D (I should have read the me
Should the build instructions in the developers docs be updated?
Cheers,
Michael
On Thu, 9 May 2019 at 00:03, Jeff Young wrote:
> I’ve added a check in the headers that will *fail* a compile if
> wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8 is set. This will allow us to remove a bunch of our
> mutex hacks. (It turns o
Hi Jeff,
This is great! A few comments:
- The icon scale doesn't seem to work
- Eeschema: Leave sheet button is always enabled.
- Libedit: the arc and polyline tools have the circle tool icon. Also
these aren't disabled when there's no symbol loaded on startup.
Cheers.
Michael
On We
I think there was a bug report filed for this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1827002
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 20:59, Jeff Young wrote:
>
> I was thinking all attributes would be user-defined, and you’d write rules to
> map to Kicad functionality. Something like:
>
> virtual: ~BOM
> board-
Hi all,
Please find attached a small patch for the KiCad manager, mostly edits to
bring the menu bar more inline with Windows and macOS guidelines.
Changed some hotkeys as well.
Regards,
Michael
0001-Minor-UI-improvements.patch
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Hi Bastian,
I like this idea. The ability to leave the widget open and have it remain
on top whilst interacting with the schematic will be useful as well.
Another CAD package I have used has two items under each sheet/block,
labelled "Symbols" and "Nets", where double clicking on it would bring u
Hi,
Sorry to bring this up again, but for me icons are still enabled by default
on macOS (and Windows unsurprisingly). I deleted /Library/Application
Support/kicad, ~/Library/Preferences/kicad and /Applications/Kicad,
reinstalled from most recent nightly (07-Sep-2017) and the icons were there
upon
> > I personally (as a user) find the icons visually more intuitive.
> > Specially for newcomers and better adoption of KiCad.
> >
> > I know it's out of some guidelines, but this is a very complex
> > software.
> >
> >
rmal file menu conventions.
> The correct convention is "New", not "Project". I'm fine with all of
> the other changes.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 9/6/2017 10:57 AM, Michael Kavanagh wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > Please find attached a small
Hi,
Is there any reason why wxAuiNotebook is used in some cases instead
of wxNotebook which uses native widgets? I have attached screenshots of the
different appearances on Windows.
I can send some patches changing some over to wxNotebook if this is
acceptable. For the About dialog at least it se
er Interface (AUI) that provides perspective saving, floating
> sub-windows that can be docked, customizable look and feel and the
> splittable AUI Notebook."
>
> Greg S.
>
> On Sep 19, 2017, at 11:15 AM, Michael Kavanagh
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there any reason wh
Is there a reason why KiCad doesn't use the standard save icon, i.e. a
floppy disk?
I think basically every piece of software I have used has the floppy disk
save icon and it might help with the arrow situation.
Cheers,
Michael
On 9 January 2018 at 17:42, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> On 1/9/2018 12
Can I suggest after v5 UI/graphic design is split off into a separate group
with a suitably qualified person in charge (e.g. like the lib/docs
maintainers)? With a core team and a UI policy it might make for a more
cohesive look and feel rather than several people having a crack at
different bits i
Hi all,
Just a heads up the macOS nightly build seems to be failing. Last completed
successfully on 12th Jan.
Cheers,
Michael
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I think the docs need to be updated to reflect these changes:
http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/doxygen/md_Documentation_development_compiling.html#build_osx
Cheers,
Michael
On 31 January 2018 at 15:24, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> OK, these patches have be reduced to historical footnotes. Thanks
> everyo
sues with Legacy vs Modern is that folks
think it’s just a view change (not a whole different toolset). We should
move them to the Preferences menu to help clear that up. They’d go well
near Display Settings….
I'm fine with this.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff
>
>
>
> On 13
renamed Differential Pair Settings….)
>>
>> Oh, and one of the biggest issues with Legacy vs Modern is that folks
think it’s just a view change (not a whole different toolset). We should
move them to the Preferences menu to help clear that up. They’d go well
near Display S
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 2/13/2018 5:46 PM, Michael Kavanagh wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried to fix up the Pcbnew menu bar a bit so its more "standards
>> complaint" with regards to UI and also include options where there are
>> toolbar b
3-Fix-up-file-menu-and-hotkeys.patch
> >>> 0005-Add-missing-tools-to-menubar.patch
> >>> 0006-Add-missing-items-to-view-menu-and-improve.patch
> >>> 0007-Remove-duplicate-menu-item.patch
> >>>
> >>> 0005-Grid-dialog-changes-to-go-along-with-menu-c
15/2018 05:31 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>
> Orson,
>
> Did you fix the IS_ACCELERATOR issue in patch 0002 when calling
> AddHotkeyName()?
>
> Wayne
>
> On 2/15/2018 11:00 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
>
> To reduce the discussion scope, I have committed the obvious
>
In every other app New, Open, Save, Save As and Print are standard
hotkeys and not accelerators. They don't have the modifier key, so are
the "standard" keyboard shortcuts.
Nevertheless, please find attached new patches for review. These
accompany both of Jeffs dialog patches. Hopefully I didn't b
Hi all,
Attached is a patch to bring the Footprint Editor menu bar items in
alignment with the Pcbnew one.
I have also tried to clarify the "select active library", "open footprint"
and various save/export options to make the menu items say what they
actually do, for example:
- I've changed t
Hi Jon,
I like your suggestion. If you're worried about backlash, how about using
a wxTreeCtrl to list the copper layers and respective names, and nested
under each layer is traces/zones and pads, eg for a 2 layer board:
1. F.Cu
Traces/Zones
Pads
2. B.Cu
Traces/Zones
Pads
Each item could hav
ootprint..., Export Library... and Save As... and otherwise abandon the
> active library concept.
>
> New Footprint… then drops to just plain New….; Save Footprint in Open
> Library… to Save; and Save Footprint in New Library… to Save As….
>
>
> On 19 Feb 2018, at 10:30, Michae
For a stop gap until the symbol editor style footprint editor, how
about the attached? We maintain the concept of "active library", just
group the options better.
On a side note Jeff, would you mind helping out with a dialog change
similar to with the Pcbnew one? Move the icon scale slider from
Fo
On 19 February 2018 at 12:26, Jeff Young wrote:
> I’m glad we got the new menu structure in, because some of the issue will
> only be uncovered with a bit of use.
>
> I’ve found the first one, but I’ve got a meta-question first:
>
> Michael, do you want to do the modifications for any issues that
stuff later today.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
>
>
> On 19 Feb 2018, at 18:11, Michael Kavanagh
> wrote:
>
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Here are the changes.
Cheers,
Michael
On 19 February 2018 at 22:42, Jon Evans wrote:
> I like keeping it shorter but TBH the exact wording of this seems not super
> important because these menu options will be gone by 6.0 with any luck...
>
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 5:40 PM, Mich
Jeff, are you okay to implement these changes on top of this patch?
Cheers,
Michael
On 19 February 2018 at 20:16, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> I'm fine with this change. What kind of time frame are we talking
> about? I can push this off to rc2 if necessary. As soon as Orson
> pushes his Eagle la
>
> On 02/19/2018 06:21 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
>> Yep, no worries.
>>
>> @Wayne, if you want to go ahead and merge this then I can commit any
>> tweaks we need.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jeff.
>>
>>
>>> O
Minor modification. Sorry for the noise.
On 19 February 2018 at 23:07, Michael Kavanagh
wrote:
> Here are the changes.
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
> On 19 February 2018 at 22:42, Jon Evans wrote:
>> I like keeping it shorter but TBH the exact wording of this seems not su
igured out why we are not using IS_ACCELERATOR for these menu
>>>> entries.
>>>> AddHotkeyName() adds a "+Alt+" to the hotkey so this is *not* what we
>>>> want
>>>> so I used the original 0003 patch. I apologize for the confusion. I
>&g
You guessed it. Also some very minor modifications to the Kicad manager menubar.
Cheers,
Michael
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