I figured we might want to re-use this in the future if we ever have additional "show once" things that are more complicated than yes/no (although I didn't make it with formbuilder). It would be fine to switch to a messagedialog. I can probably do that tonight.
-Jon On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 3:09 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > John, > > I took a look at your patch. Is there any reason why you didn't use > wxMessageDialog instead of creating wxFormbuilder project for such a > simple dialog? It seems to me that wxMessageDialog would do the trick > as it allows you to change the strings for the Ok and Cancel buttons. > Other than that, everything else seems fine. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 12/31/2017 4:28 PM, Jon Evans wrote: > > For your consideration, a patch is attached that implements the above. > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Jon Evans <j...@craftyjon.com > > <mailto:j...@craftyjon.com>> wrote: > > > > I think that getting automatic OpenGL detection and recovery working > > for 5.0 might be ambitious. > > Maybe Chris can detail what the next steps are for his approach > > there, but in case we want to push that to a later release, here's > > what I propose: > > > > 1) Rename the View menu options based on my proposal "Legacy", > > "Modern (Accelerated)", "Modern (Fallback)" > > 2) Change PCB_BASE_FRAME::SwitchCanvas to save the canvas config > > value after calling UseGalCanvas() rather than before. > > 3) Show a first-run dialog like the mockup in my earlier email, IF > > canvas is not OpenGL and the dialog has not been shown before > > 44) If user clicks "yes" in the first run dialog, then: > > (a) set the config value to prevent the dialog from showing > again, > > (b) Set the canvas config setting to Cairo (but don't switch the > > GAL to Cairo), then > > (c) switch to OpenGL canvas using SwitchCanvas() > > > > That way, if the app crashes in step 4c, it should come back up as > > Cairo on the next launch (assuming we crash right away when trying > > to set up the canvas) > > > > Any concerns with the above? > > > > -Jon > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Jeff Young <j...@rokeby.ie > > <mailto:j...@rokeby.ie>> wrote: > > > > +1 > > > > No menu items. Just a checkbox for Enable Hardware Acceleration > > in Preferences. > > > >> On 31 Dec 2017, at 18:36, Andy Peters <de...@latke.net > >> <mailto:de...@latke.net>> wrote: > >> > >>> - In the case of graphics glitches, inform the users in the > >>> FAQ/Manual > >>> that they can fall back to software renderer in the View menu. > >>> - Don't use the term 'canvas' or 'view'. Just 'Enable HW > >>> acceleration’. > >> > >> I like that. The fewer technical/programmer terms, the better. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > <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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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