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[Miguel Angel <miguelangel@xxxxxxx>]

For acessing the current board in scripting you can use 'GetBoard' it's a scripting helper which receives our pcb_edit_frame as pcbnew.cpp boots up.

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El 13/08/2012, a las 08:25, Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:

> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:15:53AM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
>> But since BOARD_ACTIONS could also stand alone, the scripting could use it in a form
>> independent of PCB_EDIT_FRAME.  
>> 
>> That might give you the best of both worlds then.
>> 
>> Another nice thing about this design and plan is that it can be done evolutionary, i.e.
>> over time.
> 
> Why should we use a class, it's simply procedural code... a namespace is
> at most all that's needed (this is C++, not Java!); unless you're
> thinking about a command pattern which would be hell to implement, given
> how undo is handled (that was already discussed years ago IIRC).
> 
> While I'm here, refactoring the plot routines outside the frame is more
> difficult than I tought... the issue is 'simply' that from a BOARD you
> simply cannot reach all the needed informations! The biggest problem
> (for pcbnew) is the file name, needed for the title block and as a base
> for plot filenames. This is not stored in the board but in the
> PCB_SCREEN. AFAIK there is no way to reach it just with a BOARD
> pointer...
> 
> Other things needed for the title block (but the issue is only for
> eeschema) that comes from the SCREEN are the sheet number and number of
> sheet; also the sheet description (i.e. the sheet path in eeschema)
> comes from the FRAME via a virtual (and ultimately from the SCREEN).
> 
> For a board my only missing piece is the filename (since it's a single
> sheet plot anyway) and I currently need to pass it during the plot call.
> However it should come from the BOARD too, but I fear the repercussions
> of such a change:P also that's not trivial since the BOARD is *not*
> accessible from the SCREEN, but only from the BASE_PCB_FRAME.
> 
> The fact that the filename is in the SCREEN is also shared with
> eeschema; I'd like to *not* touch it...
> 
> Any idea on how to handle this mess? Is there an access path I didn't
> see?
> 
> -- 
> Lorenzo Marcantonio
> Logos Srl
> 
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