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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 26/01/2015 19:25, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
> On 1/24/2015 2:17 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> On 1/17/2015 2:36 AM, jp charras wrote:
>>> Le 16/01/2015 22:03, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>>>> I recently discovered that the mirrored printing in Pcbnew is broken on
>>>> windows.  At first I thought it was a 32 bit versus 64 bit issue but I
>>>> discovered that it is due to the wxWidgets version.  When I use
>>>> wxWidgets 3.0.0, the mirrored printing works fine (at least on 32 bit
>>>> MinGW builds).  Using wxWidgets 3.0.2 breaks the mirrored printing on
>>>> both 32 and 64 bit builds.  Has anybody else noticed this on any other
>>>> platforms?
>>>>
>>>
>>> After test on W7, 32 bits, I did not noticed an issue when printing in
>>> mirrored mode.
>>> This is a bit strange, because the mirroring is made by our printing
>>> routines, not by the wxDC.
>>> But what is the actual issue?
>>>
>>> On Windows, the only one issue I am aware of is with Postscripts
>>> printers, (and only ps drivers, whith include the pdf virtual printers)
>>> is the fact lines (like tracks) have a very small width, near 0.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I now have another data point.  I upgraded to wxWidgets 3.0.2 from 3.0.0
>> on my laptop msys1/mingw32 build and the mirrored printing is now
>> broken.  Here is the build information:
>>
>> Application: kicad
>> Version: (2015-01-19 BZR 5380)-product Release build
>> wxWidgets: Version 3.0.2 (debug,wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,GCC
>> 4.7.2,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
>> Platform: Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1), 64-bit edition, 64
>> bit, Little endian, wxMSW
>> Boost version: 1.54.0
>>          USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
>>          USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
>>          KICAD_SCRIPTING=OFF
>>          KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=OFF
>>          KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=OFF
>>          USE_FP_LIB_TABLE=HARD_CODED_ON
>>          BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
>>          KICAD_USE_WEBKIT=ON
>>
>> It appears that whatever the problem is it is related to the wxWidgets
>> version and not the compiler version.  I will try 3.0.1 when I get a
>> chance to see if I can figure out where the breakage occurred.
>>
> 
> I just finished building wxWidgets 3.0.1 and recompiled KiCad against it
> and the mirrored printing is working again.  My guess is something
> changed between 3.0.2 and 3.0.1 that breaks the wxDC coordinate
> calculations.  When I get some time, I'll see if I can find the
> offending code.
> 

Very strange.
I do not have this issue with wxWidgets 3.0.2, and the difference is
mainly I am running on Windows 32 bits and I am using gcc 4.8.1
(TDM-GCC-32).

What happens with wxWidgets svn (AKA 3.1) ?

-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS