On 10/19/2012 02:24 PM, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote: > Of course, I will be very happy to help on that, if you point me to the "lib > table" branch.
This new branch should not be needed, since the lib table is not needed for this script. The plugin types are supplied explicitly in the script as you have done. I was not certain you were honoring the plugin type, but now see that you are with the call to IO_MGR.PluginFind( plugin_Type ). Can the efficiency of your loop be improved if we keep the two plugins instantiated? See below > > The needed functions are here: > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kicad-testing-committers/kicad/testing/view/head:/pcbnew/scripting/module.i > <http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-testing-committers/kicad/testing/view/head:/pcbnew/scripting/module.i> > > > def GetPluginForPath(lpath): > return IO_MGR.PluginFind(IO_MGR.LEGACY) > > def FootprintEnumerate(lpath): > plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath) > return plug.FootprintEnumerate(lpath) > > def FootprintLoad(lpath,name): > plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath) > return plug.FootprintLoad(lpath,name) > > def FootprintSave(lpath,module): > plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath) > return plug.FootprintSave(lpath,module) > > def FootprintDelete(lpath,name): > plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath) > plug.FootprintDelete(lpath,name) > > def FootprintLibCreate(lpath): > plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath) > plug.FootprintLibCreate(lpath) > > def FootprintLibDelete(lpath): > plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath) > plug.FootprintLibDelete(lpath) > > def FootprintIsWritable(lpath): > plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath) > plug.FootprintLibIsWritable(lpath) > > > and they should be available from pcbnew.* : > > it must be something like (totally untested): > > import pcbnew old = argv[1] (my python knowledge is rusty) new = argv[2] legacy = IO_MGR.PluginFind(IO_MGR.LEGACY) kicad = IO_MGR.PluginFind(IO_MGR.KICAD) > > list_of_parts = pcbnew.FootprintEnumerate("file.mod") > > for part_id in list_of_parts: > module = FootprintLoad("file.mod",part_id) > FootprintSave("new_path",part_id) list_of_parts = legacy.FootprintEnumerate("file.mod") for part_id in list_of_parts: module = legacy.FootprintLoad( old, part_id ) kicad.FootprintSave( new, module ) > > > problems will arise, and bugs will need to be hunted :-) > > Greetings :-) > > > 2012/10/19 Dick Hollenbeck <d...@softplc.com <mailto:d...@softplc.com>> > > Hi Miguel, > > I would like to be able to instantiate to PLUGINs simultaneously in a > script, one of > type > LEGACY, and the second of type KICAD. > > Then I would like to copy all the footprints from one plugin to the > other, thereby > doing a > conversion of the entire library behind the LEGACY plugin into the > library behind the > KICAD plugin. > > Is this kind of script fu something you could help us with? > > Maybe it could take two "library paths" on the command line, old and new. > > FYI, a "library path" in the context of the new KICAD format is now a > directory, > whereas a > "library path" in the context of the LEGACY plugin is an actual *.mod > file, but I think > the API hides this abstractly. > > > Thanks for any help you can offer, > > Dick > > > P.S. Wayne and I are currently collaborating on the branch which is being > used to > add the > "lib table" support. So the time at which this script could be very > useful is > approaching. I envision running it one time on all the package supplied > footprint > libraries, and that may be the end of its utility for the most part. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > -- > > Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo > http://www.nbee.es > +34 636 52 25 69 > skype: ajoajoajo _______________________________________________ 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
