Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] expat dependency for cmake

2010-10-14 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Hi Martijn, I don't think this patch is correct. You have made the build alter if expat is found as a system library. In this case you add the system expat library to the linker. The trouble is, although I have a system expat, I compile wxWidgets to use its own implementation as I'm sure this is t

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] expat dependency for cmake

2010-10-14 Thread Brian Sidebotham
gging required and it'll work how you want it to. Best Regards, Brian. On 15 October 2010 00:17, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > Hi Martijn, > > I don't think this patch is correct. You have made the build alter if > expat is found as a system library. In this case you add the sy

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] expat dependency for cmake

2010-10-15 Thread Brian Sidebotham
> I already had a suspicion my patch was not complete. > I was hoping to achieve that cmake does all the dependency checks and then > decides if there is enough to build it or to ask for other dependencies, > instead of finding out at linking-time. > > > Probably we need to do the wxWidgets check

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] expat dependency for cmake

2010-10-15 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 15 October 2010 16:32, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 10/15/2010 6:37 AM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >>> I already had a suspicion my patch was not complete. >>> I was hoping to achieve that cmake does all the dependency checks and then >>> decides if there is enough t

Re: [Kicad-developers] Editing value field in eeschema/libedit seems to fail.

2010-11-21 Thread Brian Sidebotham
I don't know what revision, but Jean-Pierre committed my patch for fixing this on / around 22nd August. Email copies below: Brian Sidebotham a écrit : - Hide quoted text - Hi Guys, Just a really quick patch to fix a libedit regression. To repeat: Select a component

Re: [Kicad-developers] Editing value field in eeschema/libedit seems to fail.

2010-11-22 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 22 November 2010 06:16, Karl Schmidt wrote: > On 11/21/2010 06:03 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> >> I don't know what revision, but Jean-Pierre committed my patch for >> fixing this on / around 22nd August. Email copies below: > > I'm talking a

Re: [Kicad-developers] New part file format document.

2010-12-15 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 14 December 2010 22:49, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > I made some ,inor changes to clarify inherited vs base part and changed > LPID names reflect local naming convention as suggested by Dick. > > Wayne > > On 12/14/2010 9:39 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> I know all of you've been on the edge of you

Re: [Kicad-developers] New part file format document.

2010-12-15 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 15 December 2010 13:49, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 12/15/2010 06:19 AM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> On 14 December 2010 22:49, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>> I made some ,inor changes to clarify inherited vs base part and changed >>> LPID names reflect local naming conv

Re: [Kicad-developers] New part file format document.

2010-12-15 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 15 December 2010 14:41, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 12/15/2010 7:19 AM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> On 14 December 2010 22:49, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>> I made some ,inor changes to clarify inherited vs base part and changed >>> LPID names reflect local naming conv

Re: [Kicad-developers] New part file format units discussion.

2010-12-15 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 15 December 2010 20:07, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > Dick and I have been discussing his ideas on making schematics and therefore > parts dimensionless.  The more I think about it, the more I like it.  Please > look over the discussion below and feel free to comment.  I have also attached > the rev

Re: [Kicad-developers] New part file format document.

2010-12-15 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 14 December 2010 14:39, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > I know all of you've been on the edge of your seats waiting for the the new > part file format since Dick announced his plans to start working on the > distributed library.  So without further ado, attached is the preliminary copy > of the librar

Re: [Kicad-developers] New part file format document.

2010-12-16 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 16 December 2010 02:31, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 12/15/2010 9:19 PM, Karl Schmidt wrote: >> On 12/15/2010 07:30 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> >> >>> When placing components such as passives (mainly R's and C's) you come >>> across t

Re: [Kicad-developers] New part file format document.

2010-12-16 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 16 December 2010 14:09, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > >> Brian, >> >> Even with the current software, try adding pins to your footprint that share >> the same >> pin > > pad >>  name.  I believe the netlist will know then that these pins > > pads >>  are all equivalent and >> are mapped to the very

Re: [Kicad-developers] New part file format document.

2010-12-16 Thread Brian Sidebotham
>> It does need a way of telling the schematic capture how to choose a >> look for a component. However, I think the functionality is allowed >> for in the current spec already. The different versions can be >> alternatives, then it is down to the GUI design to make these >> alternatives easy to se

[Kicad-developers] BZR2668 RC2 Feedback

2010-12-19 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Hi Guys, I have some feedback for the current release candidate as I thought I'd give it a bash whilst making a new board. (1) In modedit, the Value field is disabled (at least Field Value is) for editing in the field properties dialog. However, I can right click the field and change the Field Va

Re: [Kicad-developers] BZR2668 RC2 Feedback

2010-12-19 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 19 December 2010 17:18, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I have some feedback for the current release candidate as I thought > I'd give it a bash whilst making a new board. > > (1) In modedit, the Value field is disabled (at least Field Value is) > for editi

Re: [Kicad-developers] BZR2668 RC2 Feedback

2010-12-19 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 19 December 2010 19:42, jean-pierre charras wrote: > Le 19/12/2010 18:18, Brian Sidebotham a écrit : >> >> Hi Guys, >> >> I have some feedback for the current release candidate as I thought >> I'd give it a bash whilst making a new board. >>>

Re: [Kicad-developers] BZR2668 RC2 Feedback

2010-12-19 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 19 December 2010 19:47, jean-pierre charras wrote: > Le 19/12/2010 20:42, jean-pierre charras a écrit : >> >> Le 19/12/2010 18:18, Brian Sidebotham a écrit : >>> >>> Hi Guys, >>> >>> I have some feedback for the current release candidate as I

[Kicad-developers] RC3a feedback

2011-01-12 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Hi Guys, I've been routing a board this week, and found the Set Grid Origin a god send! The only trouble is that the grid origin doesn't get saved with the board. Is the grid origin meant to be saved with the board file? I would have thought it should be if it has been moved from 0,0. Otherwise i

Re: [Kicad-developers] RC3a feedback

2011-01-13 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 12 January 2011 23:40, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 01/12/2011 04:19 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> I've been routing a board this week, and found the Set Grid Origin a >> god send! The only trouble is that the grid origin doesn't get saved

Re: [Kicad-developers] RC3a feedback

2011-01-13 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 13 January 2011 16:29, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Marco Mattila wrote: > >> If there's more than one board in a project, the board file might more >> suitable. It's the same thing with the plotting options that were >> discussed earlier. However, I think that typically pe

[Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Grid origin save + load from board file

2011-01-13 Thread Brian Sidebotham
> Brian, > > Apparently my memory was wrong, there was no patch to save the origin to the > board file. In fact, I may have actually volunteered to do that and never > found time. > > I am sorry for the confusion. > > Someone needs to still write it, and I think anyone would welcome anyone > doing

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Grid origin save + load from board file

2011-01-14 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 14 January 2011 07:51, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > >> Hey, no problem. >> >> Please find attached a patch to save the grid origin to the board file. >> >> There is also a line in the patch to modify the search list for zlib >> which fails under windows. Using static libraries, wxWidgets creates >>

[Kicad-developers] RC5 regressions

2011-03-21 Thread Brian Sidebotham
ved. So at the moment, I can't draw any lines in modedit. (4) Keep up the great work! It's much appreciated as always. Best Regards, Brian Sidebotham ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-devel

Re: [Kicad-developers] Crosscompilling again - no luck

2011-03-21 Thread Brian Sidebotham
2011/3/10 Milan Horák : > Hi gentlemen, > > I'm trying again to crosscompile Kicad for Windows on Linux. > > My problem is, that cmake ends with "wxWidgets bot found" message. > > I ran cmake through strace but everything seems to be the right way. > > wx is 2.8.11, Kubuntu 10.10 > > What should I

Re: [Kicad-developers] Compiling KiCAD release version March 2011

2011-03-21 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 21 March 2011 21:00, Milind Gupta wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I did go through the CMAKE steps. I am following these > steps: > > http://www.valvers.com/OpenHardware-KiCad > > But compilation gives these errors. > > Milind Hi Milind, As they are my instructions (mainly so I don't forget so

Re: [Kicad-developers] Compiling KiCAD release version March 2011

2011-03-21 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 21 March 2011 21:11, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > > The interesting thing about those instructions is that it highlights the > [new?] fact that wxWidgets can now be built on Windows without MSYS, or > CYGWIN.  This is a significant development. > > And if true, it now means that CMake can probably

Re: [Kicad-developers] Crosscompilling again - no luck

2011-03-21 Thread Brian Sidebotham
ith-msw --with-opengl > --prefix=/home/milan/Development/toolchain-mingw --host=i586-mingw32msvc > --build=x86_64-linux > > Milan > > Dne 21.3.2011 16:14, Brian Sidebotham napsal(a): >> >> 2011/3/10 Milan Horák: >>> >>> Hi gentlemen, >>> >>

Re: [Kicad-developers] Compiling KiCAD release version March 2011

2011-03-23 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 23 March 2011 19:38, Milind Gupta wrote: > Hello Brian, >           I was able to compile KiCAD successfully after your help. Only > thing was I had to apply the patch after I checked out the development > source code to kicad-dev in your instructions. >           Thank you for the detailed ins

Re: [Kicad-developers] Compiling KiCAD release version March 2011

2011-03-23 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 22 March 2011 00:25, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 03/21/2011 04:30 PM, Milind Gupta wrote: >> Sorry I am still lost. So are you suggesting not to use windows? > > > The response was more general than your specific problem, and targeted at > those developers who have the skills, time and desire t

Re: [Kicad-developers] Crosscompilling again - no luck

2011-03-25 Thread Brian Sidebotham
e command used is: >> >> cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release >> -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$mingw_toolchain_file >> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$build_dir_win32 -DKICAD_AUIMANAGER=ON >> -DKICAD_AUITOOLBAR=ON .. >> >> Did anything changed? >> >> Milan >&g

Re: [Kicad-developers] New schematic file format.

2011-03-30 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 30 March 2011 00:15, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 03/29/2011 01:57 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> >> 3) Eliminate layers since they are not really used in EESchema other than for >> defining the display color of the object?  Adding wire and bus classes would >> eliminate the need for layered line

Re: [Kicad-developers] New schematic file format.

2011-03-31 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 30 March 2011 14:24, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 3/30/2011 5:00 AM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> On 30 March 2011 00:15, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>> On 03/29/2011 01:57 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>>> >>>> 3) Eliminate layers since they are not re

Re: [Kicad-developers] New schematic file format.

2011-03-31 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 30 March 2011 15:43, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > >> So to make this plan work, you'd simply have to strip out one wrapping >> s-expression element from a schematic and save it to disk again, but say >> with a different file extension. > > What about a check box in the save dialog? > > When checked

Re: [Kicad-developers] New schematic file format.

2011-03-31 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 31 March 2011 14:09, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 03/31/2011 05:59 AM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> On 30 March 2011 15:43, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>>> So to make this plan work, you'd simply have to strip out one wrapping >>>> s-expression element from a sc

Re: [Kicad-developers] New schematic file format.

2011-03-31 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 31 March 2011 15:06, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > On 31 March 2011 14:09, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> >> I see no need to export user options, ever.  I don't understand why you need >> to export them, when they are already accessible.  Export them from what, >> why

Re: [Kicad-developers] FindwxWidgets.cmake

2011-04-05 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 5 April 2011 17:59, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 4/5/2011 11:59 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> On 04/05/2011 08:44 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>> We currently use a custom(?) version of FindwxWidgets.cmake that was cherry >>> picked from a more current version of CMake than we were using at the t

Re: [Kicad-developers] FindwxWidgets.cmake

2011-04-06 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 5 April 2011 19:57, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > For MS Windows in particular (cross building from Linux or not, both), and other platforms too, I still say there is tremendous value in us providing cmake "external project" support to build wxWidgets and anything else that needs

Re: [Kicad-developers] FindwxWidgets.cmake

2011-04-07 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 7 April 2011 05:02, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 04/06/2011 07:52 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> Remember the script mode of cmake using -p > > I don't know if this is helpful, but more brainstorming to get around the > lack of initial MinGW: > > > $ cmake -P somecmakemagic.cmake > > and then the

Re: [Kicad-developers] FindwxWidgets.cmake

2011-04-07 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 7 April 2011 13:25, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 4/6/2011 7:38 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> On 5 April 2011 19:57, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>> >>>>>> For MS Windows in particular (cross building from Linux or not, both), >>>>>> and >&

Re: [Kicad-developers] floating point issue ( from Strange eeschema behavior at zoom 0.7) in wxWidgets 2.9.1

2011-04-12 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 11 April 2011 22:57, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > >> JP, >> >> If we are making 2.9 the required version for Windows, I will remove the >> conditional compilation zoom code and restore the old behavior which will >> work >> properly with 2.8 on Linux and OSX.  At some point when I get some extra

Re: [Kicad-developers] Info about floating point issue and strange eeschema behavior at zoom < 1

2011-04-13 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 12 April 2011 16:01, jp.charras wrote: > I made some tests to use wxMSW 2.8.12 and wxWidgets 2.9.1 (and patched these > version on my computer) > I updated wxWidgets_patch_notes.txt, removed previous changes about zoom > limitation, and fixed a minor zoom issue in libedit. > > For wxMSW, versio

[Kicad-developers] Windows build cmake script

2011-04-18 Thread Brian Sidebotham
tp://bazaar.launchpad.net/~brian-sidebotham/+junk/kicad-winbuilder/view/head:/KicadMinGW.cmake Best Regards, Brian. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.n

Re: [Kicad-developers] Windows build cmake script

2011-04-19 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 19 April 2011 05:04, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > >> Cool, maybe we can dig up the patch to the floating point entry bug that was >> fixed for pre 2.9.2 and apply that to released 2.9.1, as part of this script, >> the external project for wxWidgets. >> >>    https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-develo

[Kicad-developers] Windows Easy Build

2011-06-07 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Hey guy's, Sorry I've been extremely busy lately. I just noticed a Windows build enquiry on the users list and thought I better email a heads-up here about the state of the cmake script for easily building KiCad on Windows. It is very nearly complete. Currently you need to have cmake and bazaar i

[Kicad-developers] Windows Easy Build patch for zlib search path

2011-06-15 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Hi Guy's, Sorry I forgot that building with MinGW requires a very small (Litterally one word!) patch to be applied to the source code to add gcc_lib to the search path's for the wx zlib library. Without this patch configuring fails as it is unable to find the library. Please find the patch applie

Re: [Kicad-developers] Windows Easy Build patch for zlib search path

2011-06-15 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 15 June 2011 19:50, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 06/15/2011 12:40 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> Hi Guy's, >> >> Sorry I forgot that building with MinGW requires a very small >> (Litterally one word!) patch to be applied to the source code to add >> gcc_li

[Kicad-developers] KiCad Windows builder

2011-07-28 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Hi Guys, I thought after a bit of initial testing, I might as well let this script out in the open. I registered a launchpad project for it - kicad-winbuilder so that people can moan and complain about the script over there! ;-) The script can be grabbed via: bzr branch lp:kicad-winbuilder Then

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Windows builder

2011-08-01 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 31 July 2011 09:05, Kerusey Karyu wrote: > Dnia 2011-07-30, sob o godzinie 23:07 -0500, Dick Hollenbeck pisze: >> Just exploring with the web browser, I find this directory: >> >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Automated%20MinGW%20Installer/mingw-get/mingw-get-0.2-alpha-4/ >> >> >>

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Windows builder

2011-08-01 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 29 July 2011 14:29, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 07/28/2011 02:32 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> I thought after a bit of initial testing, I might as well let this >> script out in the open. I registered a launchpad project for it - >> kicad-winbu

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Windows builder

2011-08-01 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 1 August 2011 09:52, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > On 31 July 2011 09:05, Kerusey Karyu wrote: >> Brian, take a look at the shell screenshot and logs. Something is wrong >> with wxWidgets section. Hi Kerusey, I have just fixed the wxWidgets build problem, and also the ou

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Windows builder

2011-08-01 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 1 August 2011 14:37, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > Build Windows binary on Linux: valuable stuff IMO. > > Milan should appreciate this, among others. > > Dick Yes, this will be very useful for anyone who wants to setup a build-box for KiCad too. I will start work on it straight away, but it'll like

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Windows builder

2011-08-04 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 3 August 2011 20:01, Kerusey Karyu wrote: > Dnia 2011-08-01, pon o godzinie 21:53 +0100, Brian Sidebotham pisze: >> On 1 August 2011 09:52, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> > On 31 July 2011 09:05, Kerusey Karyu wrote: >> >> Brian, take a look at the shell screensho

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Windows builder

2011-08-04 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 4 August 2011 10:02, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > On 3 August 2011 20:01, Kerusey Karyu wrote: >> Dnia 2011-08-01, pon o godzinie 21:53 +0100, Brian Sidebotham pisze: >>> On 1 August 2011 09:52, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >>> > On 31 July 2011 09:05, Kerusey Karyu wr

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Windows builder

2011-08-04 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 4 August 2011 03:25, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > >> (My machine compiles the entire Kicad source in 3 mins 30 seconds, on Ubuntu >> x86_64, no wxWidgets, just Kicad.) > > $ make clean > > $ time make -j 5 > > real    3m0.329s > > Looks more like 3 minutes flat. > > But I compile for a living. > N

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Windows builder

2011-08-04 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 4 August 2011 19:37, jean-pierre charras wrote: > Le 04/08/2011 20:10, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : >> >> On 8/4/2011 5:09 AM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >>> >>> On 4 August 2011 03:25, Dick Hollenbeck  wrote: >>>> >>>>> (My machi

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad new look - new icons and new buttons

2011-08-24 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 22 August 2011 20:10, fabrizio wrote: > Dear All, > I have spent some time trying to put together a new set of icons and > buttons that might make KiCad look a little better. > Here you have an example of where I am so far: > http://www.vincentresearch.com/tmp/ > > Would it be possible: > - to

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad new look - new icons and new buttons

2011-08-30 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 30 August 2011 16:00, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 08/30/2011 06:06 AM, fabrizio wrote: >> this seems to solve the issue (seems also to reduce the size of each >> .png from 2k to 1.7k...) >> >> ./pngout in.png -k0 out.png >> >> http://www.jonof.id.au/kenutils >> >> I hope it helps >> cheers >> f

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad new look - new icons and new buttons

2011-08-30 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 30 August 2011 16:43, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > On 30 August 2011 16:00, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> On 08/30/2011 06:06 AM, fabrizio wrote: >>> this seems to solve the issue (seems also to reduce the size of each >>> .png from 2k to 1.7k...) >>> >>

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad new look - new icons and new buttons

2011-08-30 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 30 August 2011 19:33, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 08/30/2011 12:09 PM, fabrizio wrote: >> I have just finished convert ALL KiCad icons. I am now cleaning up all >> the .svg files so that no useless attributes are included. I am using >> this for the cleaning process: >> http://codedread.com/sco

Re: [Kicad-developers] Component fields use case

2011-08-31 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 31 August 2011 23:11, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > On 31 August 2011 22:42, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> >>> Your best bet is to take a look at the generic netlist export, which is in >>> XML. >>> That format we hope to preserve, while the world around it

Re: [Kicad-developers] Component fields use case

2011-09-01 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 1 September 2011 06:28, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > > Proposal: > > Are you ok with licensing this work under GPL?  If so, can we check these > into a > contrib directory or something, as part of the tree, along with a readme.txt > or > readme.html file? > > (Although I think that posting which

Re: [Kicad-developers] Component fields use case

2011-09-02 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 1 September 2011 14:58, Fred Cooke wrote: > You can't improve anything without making changes, Dick. An oxymoron there considering you're trying to argue the below: > And his point re > breaking the API that exists (he's not the only one who has scripts against > your text files and prefers k

Re: [Kicad-developers] new bitmaps

2011-09-07 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 7 September 2011 05:14, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > This is what I've been up against lately: > > http://www.youtube.com/user/Jeff80621 > > > This video is of our ranch and the one next to it. > > At the moment this video was taken, we were riding down into the river bed, > my son Darren and I, do

Re: [Kicad-developers] PPA build problems

2011-09-12 Thread Brian Sidebotham
It is merely falling over trying to install the kicad xpm icon under the /usr/share/pixmaps directory. Kicad is building find, it is the installation process that is falling over. A kicad developer can fix the cmake files to sort this out. Best Regards, Brian. On 12 September 2011 14:46, Adam Wo

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad future documentation - your opinion

2011-09-22 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 22 September 2011 15:02, jp.charras wrote: > Le 22/09/2011 14:55, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : >> >> On 9/22/2011 6:04 AM, fabrizio wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> Now that the new 26pth kicad icons are basically finished (I'll maybe >>> send reviews of some of them if necessary) I'd like to bring up th

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad future documentation - first draft

2011-09-26 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 27 September 2011 00:22, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 09/26/2011 05:04 PM, Fred Cooke wrote: >> Yes it absolutely is constructive criticism, it points out weaknesses, >> explains why they >> are weaknesses, and explains how to do it better. Sounds EXACTLY like >> constructive >> criticism to m

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad future documentation - first draft

2011-09-26 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 26 September 2011 16:14, fabrizio wrote: > Dear All, > I seem to understand that the use of the .odt (and pdf) format and > LibreOffice as main editor is the choice preferred by most of the > people. > > In attachment you can find the document  kicad_en.pdf modified and > updated. The following

Re: [Kicad-developers] Decision taken

2011-10-03 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 30 September 2011 09:05, Javier Serrano wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> >> The gEDA project will not take this lying down.  I suggest we give serious >> attention soon >> to writing conversion programs from all of their formats.  It's weird having >> to th

[Kicad-developers] REV:3270 Build error

2011-12-05 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Hi Dick, I'm getting the following build error with rev 3270: kicad\pcbnew\kicad_plugin.cpp: In member function 'void KICAD_PLUGIN::loadAllSections(bool)': kicad\pcbnew\kicad_plugin.cpp:309:5: error: call of overloaded 'IO_ERROR(const char [74], const char*, const char [20])' is ambiguous kicad\i

Re: [Kicad-developers] REV:3270 Build error

2011-12-06 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 6 December 2011 06:33, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 12/05/2011 05:08 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> Hi Dick, >> >> I'm getting the following build error with rev 3270: >> >> kicad\pcbnew\kicad_plugin.cpp: In member function 'void >> KICA

Re: [Kicad-developers] REV:3270 Build error

2011-12-06 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 6 December 2011 11:00, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > On 6 December 2011 06:33, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> On 12/05/2011 05:08 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >>> Hi Dick, >>> >>> I'm getting the following build error with rev 3270: >>> >>&

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad-winbuilder script failing on build 3290

2011-12-11 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Hi David, It sounds like something went wrong with the gcc install. If you can, delete all files under the kicad-winbuilder directory except for the kicad-winbuilder.cmake file and try the script again. This should download mingw again and install it properly. If this fails to work please file a

Re: [Kicad-developers] eagle 6 xml

2012-01-09 Thread Brian Sidebotham
The attached DTD file is what you're after Dick. Best Regards, Brian. On 9 January 2012 15:26, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/11366 > > > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Tools for Production? (Multipanel, etc.)

2012-01-16 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 16 January 2012 08:26, Michael Heidinger wrote: > Hello, > > I wondered if Kicad has a tool for constructing in a easy way MultiPanel > PCB? > The EEV-Blog describes how these panels should look. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXE_dh38HjU&feature=related > In basicly he tells a lot interestin

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad and page orientation.

2012-01-16 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 16 January 2012 06:22, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > Added "portrait" support to the page size settings for all standard paper > sizes. Tested with postscript output only. Required minor file format changes > to reflect the "portrait" setting. common/dialogs/dialog_page_settings.cpp > uses a checkbo

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad and page orientation.

2012-01-18 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 16 January 2012 10:22, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > On 16 January 2012 06:22, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> Added "portrait" support to the page size settings for all standard paper >> sizes. Tested with postscript output only. Required minor file format changes >> to

[Kicad-developers] Cannot move fields in EESCHEMA library editor

2012-02-21 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Hi guys, I was just creating a new part in the EESCHEMA library editor and noticed that I cannot select a field to be able to move it. I've tried the 'M' hotkey as I normall would, and I've also tried the right-click context menu but the context menu doesn't show options for the fields. :( This i

Re: [Kicad-developers] Drawing the layers clearly.

2012-02-21 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 21 February 2012 07:25, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote: > >     I've been playing around with the code, and learning a little bit how > does kicad draw everything. > > I'm also quite new to KiCad, and I'm getting used to work with the tool. It > was surprising for me > that the layers are painte

Re: [Kicad-developers] Drawing the layers clearly.

2012-02-21 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 21 February 2012 11:01, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > On 21 February 2012 07:25, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo > wrote: >> >>     I've been playing around with the code, and learning a little bit how >> does kicad draw everything. >> >> I'm also quite n

[Kicad-developers] BZR3435 build error

2012-02-24 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Changes in Rev 3435 break compilation with the error: \kicad\eeschema\component_references_lister.cpp: In function 'bool engStrToDouble(wxString, double*)': \kicad\eeschema\component_references_lister.cpp:127:33: error: ambiguous default type conversion from 'wxUniCharRef' \eeschema\component_refe

Re: [Kicad-developers] BZR3435 build error

2012-02-24 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 24 February 2012 15:07, Marco Mattila wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Brian Sidebotham > wrote: >> Changes in Rev 3435 break compilation with the error: > > Any better now? I'm not sure about the fix since I didn't have any > problems with the previou

Re: [Kicad-developers] I really *love* STL error messages

2012-03-23 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 23 March 2012 07:46, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: > Error building today's BZR: > > > I have no words, it's longer than some spanish family names (the ones > with full descendancy in them XD); it's actually just *one* error, really! > > Anyway, language critics apart, it's from GCC 4.6.2

[Kicad-developers] Pad Properties dialog + Mechanical hole

2012-03-23 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Hi Guys, Thanks so-much to whoever is working on the pad properties dialog, I much prefer it already! However, I was just creating a new module and came across a funny. When I select Mechanical hole, I expect really to only have to select a drill shape and size. Instead, I'm forced to satisfy a c

Re: [Kicad-developers] Hello, I want to help with you project

2012-03-27 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 27 March 2012 10:56, Edwin van den Oetelaar wrote: > Hello everyone, > My name is Edwin, I have some motivation and skill to help with your project. > Although I am not very old yet, I do have some deep knowledge of > PCB's, data-formats, workflow and related software. > (I have been working in

Re: [Kicad-developers] Fwd: remarks about the internal nanometer resolution

2012-04-10 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 8 April 2012 13:14, Edwin van den Oetelaar wrote: > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Edwin van den Oetelaar > Date: Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 12:28 PM > Subject: remarks about the internal nanometer resolution > To: KiCad Developers > > > First of, I have not followed the discussion

Re: [Kicad-developers] specctra roundtripper

2012-04-11 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 10 April 2012 17:31, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > I updated this to support the PCBNEW nanometers. > > Might have broken something on the non-nanometer build, did not test that. > > > > Also, Jean-Pierre, > > I think there is still some incompatibility in the zone hatches.  There may > be too many

Re: [Kicad-developers] New Pcbnew file format.

2012-04-11 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Sorry for top-posting! Just wanted to say well done Wayne! Again, excellent work that is so beneficial to the project! And don't think your UI changes have gone unnoticed, KiCad is a lot more together since you started work on the UI tidy up. Thanks for your continued efforts! :D Best Regards, B

Re: [Kicad-developers] Adam Wolf's PPA

2012-04-15 Thread Brian Sidebotham
I just fixed this in kicad-winbuilder BTW. All you need is a: make rebuild_cache this regenerates version.h Just put this before the main make call. Best Regards, Brian. On 13 April 2012 22:35, Adam Wolf wrote: > Glad to hear people use it.  It's extremely low maintenance on my end--I > thi

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad PPA for Linux - which one?

2012-04-15 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 15 April 2012 10:33, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > Adam, > thanks for your email. is there any change we can make this thing that > you describe (your PPA) available on the ubuntu software center? > > Also, I noticed that application aicons in your PPA do not build well > (low res.), can we work to

Re: [Kicad-developers] Trouble with cmake

2012-04-15 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 15 April 2012 20:27, Dan Chianucci wrote: > I'm trying to create the makefiles for kicad, but whenever I run the > cmake command it gives me an error: > > > Dan@DanC_Laptop /c/users/dan/workspaces/kicadr/src/kicad_testing/build/Debug > $ cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4 - MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_T

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad PPA for Linux - which one?

2012-04-16 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 15 April 2012 12:36, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > Great, > I can provide you all icons at any resolution and format you might > need. Would that be enough for you to fix this problem? > > cheers > Fabrizio In the KiCad source code, look under bitmap_pngs/icons and have a look at the mk_icn.sh. I

Re: [Kicad-developers] New Pcbnew file format.

2012-04-16 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 16 April 2012 18:06, lajos kamocsay wrote: > Hi Wayne- > > I deleted the build directory, compiled from scratch and now the issue is > gone. So it must have been a cmake cache problem as you suspected. Lesson > learned ;) > > Thanks > Lajos > Sorry, I'm coming to the party late... Did you try:

Re: [Kicad-developers] Errors compiling revision 3543

2012-05-08 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 5 May 2012 13:29, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 5/5/2012 7:57 AM, David J S Briscoe wrote: >> On 05/05/2012 12:02, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: >>> On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 11:42:05AM +0100, David J S Briscoe wrote: If you need any more info I will be pleased to supply it. Thanks >>> It wo

Re: [Kicad-developers] You wanted multipage PDFs...

2012-05-08 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 2 May 2012 21:01, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: > ... you got multipage PDFs! > ... > -- > Lorenzo Marcantonio > Logos Srl Fantastic work Lorenzo!! Thanks very much for this update! Best Regards, Brian. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-d

Re: [Kicad-developers] Hating wx configuration more than ever...

2012-05-08 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 8 May 2012 12:08, Marco Serantoni wrote: > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> >> >> This means that we eventually, we'll no longer need all the wxT() stuff, >> since we >> basically never put anything but ASCII characters in those wrappers and to >> convert from an >> AS

[Kicad-developers] Bus width

2012-05-10 Thread Brian Sidebotham
Hi guys, At some point the bus width changed from an eeschema option to a compile-time setting (BUS_WIDTH_EXPAND). I would much prefer to have this as a runtime option instead of a multiplier of the default line width - because the bus width is not wide enough for me. Would it be accepted if I ma

Re: [Kicad-developers] Bus width

2012-05-10 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 10 May 2012 09:50, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 09:24:36AM +0100, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> At some point the bus width changed from an eeschema option to a >> compile-time setting (BUS_WIDTH_EXPAND). I would much prefer t

Re: [Kicad-developers] Bus width

2012-05-11 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 10 May 2012 20:11, jean-pierre charras wrote: > Le 10/05/2012 11:10, Brian Sidebotham a écrit : > >> On 10 May 2012 09:50, Lorenzo Marcantonio >>  wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 09:24:36AM +0100, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >>>> >>>

Re: [Kicad-developers] Bus width

2012-05-12 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 11 May 2012 11:50, jean-pierre charras wrote: > Le 11/05/2012 11:27, Brian Sidebotham a écrit : > >> On 10 May 2012 20:11, jean-pierre charras  wrote: >>> >>> Le 10/05/2012 11:10, Brian Sidebotham a écrit : >>> >>>> On 10 May 2012 09:50, Lo

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