hi all, today I try to compile Kicad on my favourite distribution Linux Slackware, and on cmake configuration : $cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../../ the...
... I think this is side effect of having script which try to identify current version in repository to put proper info inside "About" of the KiCad. -- Manveru...
Manveru
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Feb 2, 2009 3:53 pm
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... It is actually the way FindSubversion.cmake behaves when subversion (svn) is not found or the svn command fails when you are not building from an svn...
... Slackware, ... svn command work on my slackware... ... Ok for the FindSubversion.cmake, but I have always an error from CreateSVNVersionHeader.cmake : ...
Wayne, is it too much work to add 3, 6, 12 (and 24) to zoom values? -Vesa...
Vesa Solonen
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Feb 4, 2009 4:11 pm
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... It's very simple. If you want to add zoom levels to the PCB programs (cvpcb, gerbview, & pcbnew), add the new zoom values to the PcbZoomList array in...
What's the policy for official libraries? I'd like to enhance them a bit and also would like to know wether we can agree on 'official' library style. The style...
Vesa Solonen
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Feb 4, 2009 4:40 pm
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... Thank you! I got that far that I noticed the values were on some list, but where the defines were... Anyway I'll put out a patch if you don't. -Vesa...
Vesa Solonen
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Feb 4, 2009 4:44 pm
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Is it really 2581 strings in Kicad now? Some time ago there were just about half of that. Anyway how about splitting strings like "Scale 3" to "Scale" and "3"....
Vesa Solonen
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Feb 4, 2009 4:57 pm
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... I'll add them if no one objects to the additional zoom levels. Do you what them added to both the PCB and Schematic applications? Wayne...
... Already committed as 3th root of 2 series... Next thing to do is how to get flicker free zooming and more performance in graphics (tested on wxGTK only). ...
Vesa Solonen
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Feb 4, 2009 6:20 pm
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... Oh, I forgot to say that maybe it would be good to make zoom selection list for just powers of two zooms. -Vesa...
Vesa Solonen
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Feb 4, 2009 6:24 pm
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... Thanks. ... Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of a proportional scalar between some minimum and maximum zoom levels based on how fast the user ...
Hi All, Just wanted to note here that I've released a new version of kicadocaml. It adds a few new features, mainly improved Z-buffered drawing (the layer...
... Tim, After your zone triangle algorithm runs, are you left with a list of triangles? Is this the basis of the on screen polygon graphics, i.e. does each...
Hi Dick, Good question. No, I'm not coalescing them; I store them as triangles in the board file. Pcbnew seems to handle them just great; it does, however,...
... Vesa, Your zoom patch for pcbnew makes the PCBNEW program too slow to use when I have a delay in the drawing due to a large number of zones. The zoom ...
... Nice enough performance on Radeon 9250 with open source drivers from xorg edgers PPA on ubuntu :) OpenGL is the s*it! Quite a lot of uncaught exeptions...
Vesa Solonen
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Feb 5, 2009 6:41 am
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... Yes, that's very noticeable problem. Anyway the real solution is somewhere else than on zoom granularity, like threading for rendering... ... How about...
Vesa Solonen
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Feb 5, 2009 6:57 am
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... Tim, So Kicad gets a zillion small triangle ZONE_CONTAINERs put into the board file by your stuff? Then PCBNEW successfully generates gerbers from these...
... My array seems to work. We came from powers of two. I don't know why that is important. sqrt(2) is a fractional power of two, not a true integral power...
... I agree. And shift and ctrl keys cannot be used as turbo keys because they are already in use (shift and ctrl + mouse wheel are H and V scrool functions) ...
... I think it would be better to have scroll without modifier to have V scroll, with shift H scrool, and with ctrl - zoom. This would be the same as in...
Manveru
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Feb 5, 2009 8:03 am
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... I do not like this idea - I use zoom much more frequently than scroll, especcialy because you have an option to use autoPAN. Rok...