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[Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

By the way: I remember that you had some issues with the fglrx driver - 
are the problems fixed or do you use KiCad on a different hardware?

Regards,
Orson

On 07/22/2014 12:43 PM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> Which version of wxWidgets do you use? Are there any steps that could
> increase the probability of the issue reproduction?
>
> Regards,
> Orson
>
> On 07/22/2014 06:56 AM, Jon Neal wrote:
> > I have been getting some sort of drawing issue sporadically when I
> > open the
> > module editor (from pcbnew). I managed to catch a screenshot of what
> > it is
> > doing here (on the right side): http://i.imgur.com/IU9AYHd.png
> >
> > It seems that it is trying to draw the canvas offset from where it really
> > should be. If I mouse over the tool bar on top it will clear the strip
> > where the drop downs are as long as I hover over that area. This has been
> > happening since the module editor was merged in and that screen shot was
> > taken from bzr-5017.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jon
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:28 AM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Le 20/07/2014 21:56, Maciej Sumiński a écrit :
> > > > On 07/15/2014 04:53 PM, jp charras wrote:
> > > > > Le 14/07/2014 16:51, Maciej Sumiński a écrit :
> > > > > > Dear Developers,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > After a period of testing, the module-editor branch [1] has just been
> > > > > > merged to the product branch. Besides the conversion of the module
> > > > > > editor to GAL
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > There is a redraw/refresh issue on Windows only (using wxWidgets
> > > > > 3.0.1).
> > > > >
> > > > > After switching to GAL (one can use only the F11 key to do that) there
> > > > > is no more GAL screen redraw/refresh, after clicking on a menu or a
> > > > > dialog, for instance after clicking on the layer manager, or the PnS
> > > > > dialog setup.
> > > > > This is also true after clicking on the pcbframe main menu or any
> > > > > popup
> > > > > menu.
> > > > > This is the reason one cannot switch to GAL from the main menu.
> > > > >
> > > > > Note also when switching to gal, the first time you switch to gal
> > > > > using
> > > > > the F11 key, there is no GAL screen redraw/refresh.
> > > > > You have to press the F9 and then the F11 key, in order to have a
> > > > > working GAL screen (until you click on a popup menu).
> > > > >
> > > > > When the GAL screen is no more redrawn, just press F9 an then F11 to
> > > > > reactivate the refresh.
> > > >
> > > > Hi Jean-Pierre,
> > > >
> > > > It turned out that I did not have exactly the same symptoms, but very
> > > > similar. I have fixed the problem for my system in revision 5012, could
> > > > you verify it?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Orson
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > The refresh issue is gone now. Good work.
> > >
> > > I noticed a (minor) focus issue on Windows only, when both the pcb
> > > editor and the footprint editor are open and their canvas are visible on
> > > screen.
> > >
> > > When the pcb editor is the active frame, if the mouse cursor is moved
> > > out the frame and enters the module editor canvas, the module editor is
> > > brought to the foreground and become the active window (without any
> > > mouse click) It does not happen on Linux.
> > >
> > > An other issue in module editor in openGL mode:
> > > When a new footprint is loaded, it is put to the last mouse cursor
> > > position.
> > > It should be loaded at position 0, 0.
> > >
> > > Otherwise, strange thinks can happen (bad position of new added items,
> > > old items not on the initial grid, erroneous coordinates shown in
> > > dialogs when editing an item...) and can break the footprint in edit.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> > >
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