See include/richio.h Our I/O objects already support wxInputStream and wxOutputStream. Although there is no reason you couldn't add objects that use std::istream and std::ostream or the boost::iostreams. I believe the wxIoStreams already support support archives so all you would have to do is create the stream and pass it too the proper LINE_READER or OUTPUT_FORMATTER object. You would automagically have archive stream support for board file and footprint libraries.
On 6/21/2015 8:55 AM, Simon Richter wrote: > Hi, > > Am 21.06.2015 um 03:06 schrieb Cirilo Bernardo: > >> a. Abstracting a stream class which can magically support >> file retrieval by http, local files, and perhaps github (I know >> next to nothing about how github works) and local file >> writing. > > std::istream? > >> b. The stream class can automatically inflate *.gz files >> (basically files compressed by zlib and with .gz at the end). > > boost::iostreams::gzip? > >> Supporting *.gz can typically shrink footprint files to 30-40% >> of the uncompressed size and VRML files can often >> compress to <15% of the original size and large STEP >> and IGES files can compress to 10% of the original. > > Is that actually a problem for users, though? > > I'd probably even want to see the opposite -- network operations removed > from the rest of the program. Right now, if I have github footprints in > my list, entering cvpcb or pcbnew always takes a while because the > libraries are updated everytime. > > I'd rather have an explicit mechanism to update the libraries, giving me > local files that are instantly and always available, with no new failure > modes to handle for the application. > > Simon > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
