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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dick,

Could you let me know your schedule on setting _pcbnew.so to be built
all the time, instead of only with scripting, once it gets closer?
That might be a good time for me to push out some of my Linux build
changes.

Thanks!

Adam Wolf
Wayne and Layne, LLC

On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 5:16 AM, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Jun 23, 2013 4:45 AM, "Thiadmer Riemersma" <thiadmer.riemersma@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I have a request for the s-expression format for footprints: a field for
>> data that is not used by pcbnew or the module editor, but that is preserved
>> (by the module editor). Something like (fp_userdata "general text string").
>>
>> In the alternative, I would like to request to be able to put comments in
>> an s-expression. Those comments need not be preserved (by the module
>> editor).
>
> Any line whose first character is a # is a comment now.  Should be no limit
> to th numbrr of such lines.  So your alternative is being fulfilled already,
> courtesy of yours truly.
>
>>
>> Rationale:
>>
>> I am developing a "footprint wizard", based on templates. But a wizard
>> won't be of much use if you cannot modify the footprints later. So, this
>> wizard reads back footprints and allows you to adjust them. However,
>> detecting which template was used (and with what settings) may not be
>> deterministically feasible, given the number of options.
>>
>> So, the best option is to store that information in the generated
>> footprint. Even if the user changes the footprint in the module editor, the
>> wizard would still be able to get the correct template.
>>
>> In the alternative (store the information in a comment), the user would be
>> able to adjust the footprint with the wizard, as long as no changes have
>> been made to it in the module editor. This is good enough for me.
>>
>> Question:
>>
>> I do not appear to be able to select an s-expression library in pcbnew. Is
>> this correct? Or do I need to build KiCad with a special option?
>
> Look at how the test program is built down in /tools.  I wrote a document
> model parsing function that gives you a boost propert tree as a document.
>
> A second path is to try and lind to libcommon, but this will flop due to
> unredolved ecternals if you stray too far from richio and dsnlexer.
>
> A final and third option is to link with _pcbnew.so which basically all of
> pcbnew in DSO form.  Currently this is only built is SCRIPTING is bulit, but
> I will be changing this in the next handful of weeks so it always gets
> built.
>
> Are you using wx as your ui?
>
> Dick
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Thiadmer Riemersma
>>
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