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[David J S Briscoe <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/09/2013 00:38, Miguel Angel wrote:
> Congratulations, good work Brian :)
>
> Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
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> 2013/9/8 Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx>>
>
>     Hi Guys,
>
>     I have rolled a release, V3.0 of KiCad-Winbuilder. I've put this
>     off for a while to address the scripting issues I was having. Also
>     though, MinGW updated their released version to 4.8.1 from 4.7.2 -
>     so this release is rolled with mingw32 4.8.1.
>
>     This version obviously enables all the python scripting options.
>     This is the main feature enhancement. However, I've also added in
>     the the latest documentation and libraries from the respective
>     repositories. So each build fetches the latest revision of both
>     and copys them locally so that the documentation is up-to-date.
>
>     NOTE: KiCad-Winbuilder doesn't "install" anything. It keeps
>     everything inside the sandbox and allows the local, latest version
>     of KiCad to be run in-place.
>
>     Everything is looking good, so hopefully we'll see some more
>     feedback from people starting to use the python scripting soon.
>
>     Best Regards,
>
>     Brian.
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Hi,
I've just tried Kicad-Winbuilder 3.0 and it successfully compiles. I'm 
eager to try the scripting. How do I invoke an example script in the 
console window (I'm a python newby).
I've seen a couple of footprint wizards in the scripting\plug-ins 
directory. What command do I use to try one of these out?
Also here are a few INITIAL observations so far.
1/ I can not close the scripting window using the close box in the top 
right hand corner, only Alt+F4 works for this.
2/ Focus is not persistent in the console window. When I click in the 
console window the cursor blinks at the command line as long as the 
mouse stays in the command window area.
When I move (not click-just move) the mouse into the pcbnew window the 
command line cursor disappears.
3/ PCBNew takes a while to start up and will not shut down properly (has 
to be done in task manager). If I try to start it up again a "file 
already open" error message pops up. DrWatson is also evoked for some 
reason.

Forgive me for posting this to the developer list. Please let me know if 
this is NOT the appropriate place for user experiences.
Thanks.

David.