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

Le 02/05/2012 22:01, Lorenzo Marcantonio a écrit :
> ... you got multipage PDFs!
>
> Even with different page sizes, as you can see. Some components don't match
> because my libraries are different, but that's not the issue... At least the
> feedback opamp for the AB-class amplifiers (at least they *seems* AB-class) is
> correctly filled (that's another test, I doesn't use filled primitives)
>
> Also the clever loop in the eeschema plotter generates page in the right order
> it seem (is it always so?). The PDF was simply generated opening
> complex_hierarchy.sch and clicking plot pdf/plot all (the dialog is a straight
> clone of the PS one, I couldn't even start doing GUI work in wxWidgets!).
> That's efficiency for me. No distilling, no cat, no page reordering (pdftk
> could help after the fact).

Impressive work, Lorenzo.
> What's missing:
> - Since there is interest in using the native PS text as final output I need to
>    implement overlining (the ~ escape); but I really don't like it:P
>
> - For the same reason I need to refactor the native plotting (some thing are
>    common between PS and PDF, like the aligment and the overlining, other are
>    completely different...)
>
> - Testing pcbnew and see what will come out
>
> - General cleanup and patch preparation (the boring things...)

Well, this is the better think, for us...
I'll commit your patch when I receive it.

> - Since as I said I really suck in GUI programming someone else should add the
>    options for accessing the new features (like: text as curves but searchable
>    or native text only or whatever you'll decide to do). So start thinking about
>    which kind of option to present to the user.
I can do it.
Just say me what you want.

> - Do you need the pixmap output? I don't even know where you can add a bitmap
>    in kicad, so you should tell me how to test it...

Yes, in Eeschema you can add pixmaps.
(See right toolbar in Eeschema, the second icon from the bottom.)
This is a useful feature to add a logo, but also an info like a diagram, a screen hard-copy...
This feature does not exists in Pcbnew.
(because this is useless: you cannot have pixmaps in Gerber format, and cannot print them on a board)

> - Other stuff? Did I miss something in the plot wishlist ? (actually it also
>    contains the DXF TEXT entity handling...)

Thanks, Lorenzo.
I (and all other developers) really appreciate all your hard work.

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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS