Re: [Kicad-developers] what is 'this looks bad'?

2013-09-07 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 07:42:55AM +0200, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: > Neither have I. Still no response on the list, I assume I'll have to dig > thru the code. It's almost an easter egg (after the TEXT_SIZE/SIZE_TEXT of yesterday, kicad is becoming full of suprises!). This is what gives the messa

Re: [Kicad-developers] what is 'this looks bad'?

2013-09-07 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 12:26:32AM -0400, Jacob Schmidt wrote: > parallel to each other, I immediately think, "Bing!" -- "crosstalk" I know that, but also a) I want these tracks parallel anyway and b) a better message could be useful. > Again, I have no idea if that is what "this looks bad" mea

Re: [Kicad-developers] what is 'this looks bad'?

2013-09-07 Thread Jacob Schmidt
I, of course, have no experience with the code-base or decisions thereof, so this is a complete and total guess. Whenever I hear someone routing tracks parallel to each other, I immediately think, "Bing!" -- "crosstalk" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosstalk_%28electronics%29 Again, I have

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad-Winbuilder Release 3.0

2013-09-07 Thread Miguel Angel
Congratulations, good work Brian :) Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo http://www.nbee.es +34 636 52 25 69 skype: ajoajoajo 2013/9/8 Brian Sidebotham > Hi Guys, > > I have rolled a release, V3.0 of KiCad-Winbuilder. I've put this off for a > while to address the scripting issues I was having. Also though

Re: [Kicad-developers] Python scripting documentation

2013-09-07 Thread Miguel Angel
I forgot about the most important part of my previous message, the link :) http://dev.kicad-pcb.org/doxygen-python-test/classpcbnew_1_1BOARD.html Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo http://www.nbee.es +34 636 52 25 69 skype: ajoajoajo 2013/9/8 Miguel Angel > > It's a first try, only "BOARD" class exten

[Kicad-developers] Python scripting documentation

2013-09-07 Thread Miguel Angel
It's a first try, only "BOARD" class extended descriptions are imported from the C++ doxygen. It's not perfect, but can be automated and much better than nothing. We do: C++ ->doxygen-> XML -> python_script-> .i then *.i's ->swig-> pcbnew.py and finally pcbnew.py -> doxygen ->

[Kicad-developers] KiCad-Winbuilder Release 3.0

2013-09-07 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Hi Guys, I have rolled a release, V3.0 of KiCad-Winbuilder. I've put this off for a while to address the scripting issues I was having. Also though, MinGW updated their released version to 4.8.1 from 4.7.2 - so this release is rolled with mingw32 4.8.1. This version obviously enables all the pyth

[Kicad-developers] DEFAULT_TEXT_SIZE and hier pins

2013-09-07 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
Funny thing I've found. We have *both* DEFAULT_TEXT_SIZE and DEFAULT_SIZE_TEXT. A trap for the unwary coders! DEFAULT_TEXT_SIZE seems to be used for the initial pin text sizes and sheet names. DEFAULT_SIZE_TEXT for... the rest I assume, since it gives the defaults for EDA_TEXT. Also I'm having