Re: [Kicad-developers] Pad import/export/push and modedit mirror

2017-01-24 Thread John Beard
Sorry, attached the wrong version of the "import export" patch - this is the correct sequence. On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 12:41 AM, John Beard wrote: > Hi, > > Here are two patches for outstanding GAL functionality: pad > import/export/push and modedit mirroring. > > Pad "push" is what I termed glob

Re: [Kicad-developers] Escapes in the s-expr format documentation

2017-01-24 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Yes, this should be corrected. Double quotes in strings are quoted with a backslash just like C strings. On 1/24/2017 8:21 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > In the file format specification at [1] via [2], we specify the > following for string escapes: > >> Here is a legal string with an embedded quote

Re: [Kicad-developers] V5 features confusion

2017-01-24 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
The EDA_TEXT s-expr formatter and parser will allow for text to rotated to any angle relative to the parent object so any angle is implied by the use of it. When anyone gets around to providing the UI code to allow the user to edit the text position is a different matter. On 1/24/2017 7:40 PM, Di

[Kicad-developers] Escapes in the s-expr format documentation

2017-01-24 Thread Chris Pavlina
In the file format specification at [1] via [2], we specify the following for string escapes: > Here is a legal string with an embedded quote: leg"23 > Here is the same string quoted, and because it is quoted the internal > quote must be duplicated: "leg""23" This is NOT how we are actually quoti

Re: [Kicad-developers] Autosave BS

2017-01-24 Thread Oliver Walters
I have personally had multiple occasions where a KiCad application crash has corrupted the save file AND the autosave. Perhaps the above user was unwise but that doesn't justify not fixing this problem. My experience - whilst saving regularly: Editing a track on a largish board, KiCad crashes to d

Re: [Kicad-developers] Autosave BS

2017-01-24 Thread Chris Pavlina
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 03:15:33PM -0500, Mark Roszko wrote: > To throw it out there. > > To me a proper UI should not immediately popup but rather an very big > banner of some sort saving "FILES AVAILABLE TO BE RECOVERED" above the > workspace. Clicking on the banner opens the recovery window. It

Re: [Kicad-developers] Autosave BS

2017-01-24 Thread Mark Roszko
To throw it out there. To me a proper UI should not immediately popup but rather an very big banner of some sort saving "FILES AVAILABLE TO BE RECOVERED" above the workspace. Clicking on the banner opens the recovery window. It doesn't have to be an banner, just something obvious and distinct. W

Re: [Kicad-developers] Autosave BS

2017-01-24 Thread Chris Pavlina
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 09:09:45AM -0700, Andy Peters wrote: > > > On Jan 23, 2017, at 4:26 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > > > > I'm talking to someone on IRC right now who lost two hours of routing > > because pcbnew crashed, then deleted his autosave file before he could > > make use of it. > >

[Kicad-developers] Pad import/export/push and modedit mirror

2017-01-24 Thread John Beard
Hi, Here are two patches for outstanding GAL functionality: pad import/export/push and modedit mirroring. Pad "push" is what I termed global edit, since I think that describes the action of taking a reference and "pushing" it to a filtered subset of other pads. I am happy to keep the old name too

Re: [Kicad-developers] Autosave BS

2017-01-24 Thread Andy Peters
> On Jan 23, 2017, at 4:26 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > > I'm talking to someone on IRC right now who lost two hours of routing > because pcbnew crashed, then deleted his autosave file before he could > make use of it. What, he couldn’t type Ctrl-S (or Cmd-S on a Mac) every few traces or so? I

[Kicad-developers] Bug report reply politeness

2017-01-24 Thread Chris Pavlina
Can developers who reply to bugs by handwaving an explanation that totally misunderstands the point of the bug report and then set them "Won't Fix" without any further comment please just... not do that? It gives users an impression that the developers are rude and not grateful for the user feedbac

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema inconsistency between symbols and sheet blocks move...

2017-01-24 Thread jp charras
Le 24/01/2017 à 06:00, Mark Roszko a écrit : > Is it intentional in EESchema that "sheet blocks" do not hide the pin > text on move but symbols do? Moving sheet blocks is incredibly laggy > right now due to the text redrawing with the cursor. I think I > remember way back that JP fixed the symbols