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[jean-pierre charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 30/03/2011 19:49, Dick Hollenbeck a écrit :
> > > > Seems Window specific (I did not see any problem under Linux Ubuntu 10.1).
> > > > Tested with wxMSW 2.8.11 and 2.8.12
> > > > But with wxWidgets 2.9.1, no problem.
> > > > Unfortunately wxWidgets 2.9.1 creates other issues.
>
> Jean-Pierre,
>
>
> What are problems with 2.9.1, and are they MS Windows specific?
>
>
> On Windows, if we do the full CMakeList.txt file build I have been
> advocating, this would entail using External Project to build wxWidgets too,
> we can apply patches to wxWidgets before building it.
>
>
> Dick

In fact, there are very few and very minor issues, but one.
The annoying one is related to floating point separator.

When the floating point separator is a comma instead of a point, an annoying behavior happens.

Gerbview displays always floating numbers (coordinates in status bar for instance) using a point.
Pcbnew seems OK.
The most annoying issue was seen with Eeschema.
When starting Eeschema, the schematic editor displays floating number using a comma (this is OK)
But depending on what dialog was opened (or after opening Libedit),
sometimes schematic editor displays floating number using a point, after closing the dialog.
This behavior depend on Eeschema version.

For instance, previously, when opening and closing Libedit (nothing else is needed),
eeschema revert to a point, but for now this behavior does not happen.

And for users, this behavior is very inconsistent.

And if your are entering (in a dialog) coordinates with the bad separator (that changes sometimes),
floating numbers in the dialog are not correctly converted.
(I must say I did not have a look to this issue, that should not occur,
 because inside Kicad, users should use a comma or a point as separator,
 whatever the current locale uses)

I did not noticed this issue with wxGTK.
I'll try to build Gerbview using latest svn wxWidget version (2.9.2) ASAP.

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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS