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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/26/2015 2:02 PM, jp charras wrote:
> 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) ?
> 

Still broken with wxWidgets trunk.  I wouldn't think that 64 bit windows
wouldn't be an issue but I guess it's possible.  I guess I'll stick with
3.0.1 for now until I can find a solution.