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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 09/01/2013 02:38, Rick Walker a écrit :
> I've been trying to build kicad from source on a 64bit Fedora 16
> platform.  I'm trying to use the official wx-widgets rpm files
> that are released with Fedora.
>
> When I do "cd build; cmake ../" I get:
>
> #!)make
> [ 43%] Built target bitmaps
> [ 43%] Building CXX object
>   common/CMakeFiles/common.dir/dialog_about/AboutDialog_main.cpp.o
>   In file included from
>   /home/walkerr1/kicad_src/include/wxstruct.h:46:0, from
>   /home/walkerr1/kicad_src/common/dialog_about/AboutDialog_main.cpp:22:
>   /home/walkerr1/kicad_src/include/common.h:51:9:
>   error: #error "You must use '--with-gnomeprint' or '--with-gtkprint' in your wx library
>   configuration." make[2]:
>   *** [common/CMakeFiles/common.dir/dialog_about/AboutDialog_main.cpp.o]
>   Error 1 make[1]: *** [common/CMak
>
> Any hints on where I should put these config strings?    I poked
> around in the wx lib sources grepping for "with-gtkprint" and it
> didn't help me much.
They are wxWidgets build option when invoking ./configure to build wxGTK 
(try ./configure --help).
You also can use wxWidgets 2.9.4 (mandatory on Windows) without these 
options.
> We've been doing some really high density layouts with lots of blind
> vias.  I've got a laundry list of things that could be improved
> for buried vias and would like to get to the point of contributing
> some patches.
We do not have a lot of feedback about buried vias. Certainly there is 
place for enhancements.
> I've also been plotting our designs on a large format plotter.  The HPGL
> output always draws wires with zero width, and does not implement
> polygon filling.  Same with DXF.  Even with "filled" checked, all the
> pads and lines are drawn with disconnnected arcs and line segments.  I
> think these problems are easy to fix by just making the plotting code
> slightly more sophisticated.  HPGL is quite capable of doing
> filled polygons.  That's the other place I'd like to contribute.
>
> Thanks and kind regards,
> --
> Rick Walker
> walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am not a DXF specialist.
However, AFAIK, generic DXF format does not know filled lines (or arcs). 
They are output as sketch shapes.
( From my point of view DXF is one of most stupid and obscure formats I 
have seen )
Do not expect filled shapes when using a DXF viewer.

HPGL should plot lines and arcs OK. There is perhaps a bug here.
Filled polygons are not correctly handled.

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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS