Oliver,
I tested your footprint filtering patch set last night and it didn't go
very well. The very first letter I typed ('r') in the filter control
caused kicad to crash so it's not ready just yet.
Cheers,
Wayne
On 11/20/2017 06:57 PM, Oliver Walters wrote:
> Wayne,
>
> Friendly bump in case this has been forgotten - this thread has wandered
> around a fair bit. Patches 0001 through 0008 are in the email above.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 11:05 PM, Oliver Walters
> <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com <mailto:oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Wayne,
>
> Please ignore the previous patch sets. I have made further tweaks
> and the attached patch set 0001 through 0008 should be considered
> canonical.
> .
> I have fixed a couple of pointer errors, and have also dropped the
> filter-by-library functionality. It was a bit hooky and I'd rather
> submit a solid functional set of patches and don't have time to
> investigate further.
>
> I hope that the attached patch set meets your standards and can be
> merged as-is :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Wayne Stambaugh
> <stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On 10/31/2017 5:01 PM, Oliver Walters wrote:
> > How should I proceed here then?
> >
> > I would like to see the various libraries being "cached" in the
> > background, but this is increasing the scope of the work by a large
> factor.
> >
> > One thing I have noticed:
> >
> > In eeschema when you launch the component viewer, it (on first run)
> maps
> > and caches all the footprint libraries. This can take AGES
> (especially
> > on Windows). However on subsequent launches of the component viewer
> it
> > appears instantly. It appears to be keeping a static map of the
> > footprint library data.
> >
> > a) Would this be an acceptable approach for the footprint viewer
> window
>
> Sure. Code reuse is a good thing. I'm pretty sure the threaded
> footprint library code is split out from the component chooser so it
> should be reusable.
>
> > b) What happens when the library data changes externally? Does
> component
> > viewer need to be reloaded?
>
> No, only the library that changed gets reloaded the next time it's
> accessed. It is not automatic. I thought about using
> wxFileWatcher but
> that could be a lot of overhead for little net gain. See the
> pcb plugin
> cache() functions.
>
> > c) Can we globally perform this caching in a background thread when
> > KiCad launches? This will hide the large pauses (up to a minute
> under
> > Windows) from the user...
>
> Yes, this should be done as a project element so that it can be
> accessed
> from all of the main windows. Please keep in mind, this could
> be a lot
> of work and given that we are nearing a stable 5 release feature
> freeze,
> so if it's not by then it will not make it into the stable 5
> release.
>
> >
> > Oliver
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 11:32 PM, Wayne Stambaugh
> <stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>
> > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/31/2017 1:25 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
> > > Hmm, I had thought that there was a way to load only the
> *names* of
> > > footprints, rather than individually parsing each footprint
> file. It
> > > appears that this is not the case. Any suggestions on how the
> speed
> > > could be improved? Currently I'm reading out all the
> footprint names in
> > > each footprint library and only storing the names (wxString)
> rather than
> > > the MODULE* objects. However, I still have to parse the
> entire library
> > > on load.
> > >
> > > Ideally, I think it would be good to just read in the names,
> and then
> > > load and display individual MODULE objects on demand.. Is
> this possible?
> >
> > This is possible (although not implemented) for library types
> (kicad,
> > geda) that use one file per footprint. You could just read the
> file
> > names from the folder and load the files as required. If you
> want to
> > search any other properties of the footprint, then you will
> have to load
> > all of the footprints anyway. I don't know if this would be
> worth the
> > effort.
> >
> > For library types that contain multiple footprints per file
> (legacy,
> > Eagle), this wouldn't make much sense. Parsing the entire file
> just to
> > pick out the footprint names probably isn't going to save you
> very much
> > time.
> >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Wayne Stambaugh
> <stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>
> <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>>
> > > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>
> <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>>>> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 10/30/2017 5:23 PM, Oliver Walters wrote:
> > > > Thanks for the suggestions on fixing the text. I
> have that sorted.
> > > >
> > > > I will look into different ways of caching
> footprint data so it is quicker.
> > > >
> > > > Wayne, I didn't know about FOOTPRINT_FILTER I will
> switch to using that
> > > > instead (and provide regex search).
> > >
> > > Thanks Oliver!
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On 31 Oct 2017 06:55, "Seth Hillbrand"
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> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Wayne Stambaugh
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> > > > On 10/30/2017 1:16 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> > > > > Oliver, this is neat and very helpful.
> > > > >
> > > > > The greyed-out thing is a wx2.8 bug.
> You can work
> > > around it by setting
> > > > > the foreground color when updating the
> filter like
> > this:
> > > > >
> > > > > void
> FOOTPRINT_VIEWER_FRAME::OnFilterUpdated(
> > > wxCommandEvent& event )
> > > > > {
> > > > > + // Workaround wx2.8 bug showing
> greyed color
> > > > > + if( m_searchBox->GetValue() !=
> > > m_searchBox->GetDescriptiveText() )
> > > > > + m_searchBox->SetForegroundColour(
> > > > > m_searchBox->GetDefaultAttributes().colFg );
> > > > > +
> > > > > // Filter is non case sensitive
> > > > > wxString filter =
> > m_searchBox->GetValue().Lower();
> > > > >
> > > > > The searchbox handles resetting it to
> grey on idle()
> > > when the text is empty.
> > > >
> > > > Don't you mean wx 3.0? CMake should not even
> > generate the
> > > build
> > > > configuration files without wx 3.0 or greater.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hmm... This was an issue back in 2.8 that
> appears to be only
> > > partly
> > > > fixed. The workaround I suggest above is
> functional
> > but, for
> > > this,
> > > > we can also execute a cleaner fix by setting
> the descriptive
> > > text in
> > > > the declaration:
> > > >
> > > > @@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ void
> > FOOTPRINT_VIEWER_FRAME::ReCreateHToolbar()
> > > > KiBitmap(
> module_xpm ),
> > > > _( "Select
> footprint to
> > > browse" ) );
> > > >
> > > > - m_searchBox = new wxSearchCtrl(
> m_mainToolBar,
> > > > ID_MODVIEW_SEARCH_TEXT );
> > > > + m_searchBox = new wxSearchCtrl(
> m_mainToolBar,
> > > > ID_MODVIEW_SEARCH_TEXT,
> > > > + _( "Enter filter string" ) );
> > > > m_searchBox->SetMinSize( wxSize( 250,
> 30 ) );
> > > > - m_searchBox->SetDescriptiveText( _(
> "Enter filter
> > > string" ) );
> > > >
> > > >
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