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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/19/2012 02:24 PM, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote:
> Of course, I will be very happy to help on that, if you point me to the "lib table" branch.

This new branch should not be needed, since the lib table is not needed for this script. 
The plugin types are supplied explicitly in the script as you have done.

I was not certain you were honoring the plugin type, but now see that you are with the
call to IO_MGR.PluginFind( plugin_Type ).


Can the efficiency of your loop be improved if we keep the two plugins instantiated?

See below



>
> The needed functions are here: 
> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kicad-testing-committers/kicad/testing/view/head:/pcbnew/scripting/module.i
> <http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-testing-committers/kicad/testing/view/head:/pcbnew/scripting/module.i> 
>
> def GetPluginForPath(lpath):
>         return IO_MGR.PluginFind(IO_MGR.LEGACY)
> 	
> def FootprintEnumerate(lpath):
>         plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath)
>         return plug.FootprintEnumerate(lpath)
> 	
> def FootprintLoad(lpath,name):
>         plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath)
>         return plug.FootprintLoad(lpath,name)
> 	
> def FootprintSave(lpath,module):
> 	plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath)
>         return plug.FootprintSave(lpath,module)
> 	
> def FootprintDelete(lpath,name):
>         plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath)
>         plug.FootprintDelete(lpath,name)
> 	
> def FootprintLibCreate(lpath):
>         plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath)
>         plug.FootprintLibCreate(lpath)
> 	
> def FootprintLibDelete(lpath):
>         plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath)
>         plug.FootprintLibDelete(lpath)
> 	
> def FootprintIsWritable(lpath):
>         plug = GetPluginForPath(lpath)
>         plug.FootprintLibIsWritable(lpath)
>   
>     
> and they should be available from pcbnew.* :
>
> it must be something like (totally untested):
>
> import pcbnew

old = argv[1]    (my python knowledge is rusty)
new = argv[2]

legacy = IO_MGR.PluginFind(IO_MGR.LEGACY)

kicad = IO_MGR.PluginFind(IO_MGR.KICAD)


>
> list_of_parts = pcbnew.FootprintEnumerate("file.mod") 
>
> for part_id in list_of_parts:
>     module = FootprintLoad("file.mod",part_id)
>     FootprintSave("new_path",part_id)

list_of_parts = legacy.FootprintEnumerate("file.mod")

for part_id in list_of_parts:
      module = legacy.FootprintLoad( old, part_id )
     kicad.FootprintSave( new, module )



>
>
> problems will arise, and bugs will need to be hunted :-)
>
> Greetings :-)
>
>
> 2012/10/19 Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
>
>     Hi Miguel,
>
>     I would like to be able to instantiate to PLUGINs simultaneously in a script, one of
>     type
>     LEGACY, and the second of type KICAD.
>
>     Then I would like to copy all the footprints from one plugin to the other, thereby
>     doing a
>     conversion of the entire library behind the LEGACY plugin into the library behind the
>     KICAD plugin.
>
>     Is this kind of script fu something you could help us with?
>
>     Maybe it could take two "library paths" on the command line, old and new.
>
>     FYI, a "library path" in the context of the new KICAD format is now a directory,
>     whereas a
>     "library path" in the context of the LEGACY plugin is an actual *.mod file, but I think
>     the API hides this abstractly.
>
>
>     Thanks for any help you can offer,
>
>     Dick
>
>
>     P.S. Wayne and I are currently collaborating on the branch which is being used to
>     add the
>     "lib table" support.  So the time at which this script could be very useful is
>     approaching.  I envision running it one time on all the package supplied footprint
>     libraries, and that may be the end of its utility for the most part.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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