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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks!  I'm not 100% happy with them, but they work, and that's half the
battle :)  all.sh is perfect for what you're doing!

Adam Wolf

On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Bob Gustafson <bobgus@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Hi Adam
>
> OK, I'm looking at:
> https://code.launchpad.net/~adamwolf/+junk/kicad-mac-packaging-python
>
> I read through your README.md - nice job of explaining your tradeoffs.
>
> I'm using your 'all.sh' as a to-do list and going through each step.
> Looking good.
>
> Having fun
>
> Bob G
>
>
> On 03/17/2015 12:26 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
>
> Hi Bob,
>
>  All the build scripts are in my Launchpad repo.  Please search the
> archives as I know I've posted them 3 or 4 times and I cannot get the link
> easily on my phone.
>
>  Adam Wolf
>
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>> No problem.  Collin did all the heavy lifting there, adding the Python
>> support.
>>
>>  Adam Wolf
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Bob Gustafson <bobgus@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi Adam
>>>
>>> I tried your python enabled nightly in the DEBUG folder.
>>>
>>> Lots of my problems have been cleaned up by your nightly - the'
>>> KiCad->About' works without an Alert box popping up - it looks pretty
>>> clean. I tried some of the clicks that gave me problems before and it looks
>>> pretty solid.
>>>
>>> Thanks much.
>>>
>>> Application: kicad
>>> Version: (2015-03-15 BZR 5517)-product Release build
>>> wxWidgets: Version 3.0.2 (debug,UTF-8,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,GCC
>>> 4.2.1,STL containers,compatible with 2.8)
>>> Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 14.1.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
>>>  Boost version: 1.54.0
>>>          USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
>>>          USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
>>>          KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
>>>          KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
>>>          KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
>>>          USE_FP_LIB_TABLE=HARD_CODED_ON
>>>          BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
>>>           KICAD_USE_WEBKIT=OFF
>>>
>>> The only thing that looks different from my builds is the use of Boost
>>> version 1.54.0 instead of my 1.57.0
>>> I think my 1.57.0 was massaged slightly by one of my builds in the past
>>> - perhaps it has problems.
>>>
>>> The newPCB->Tools->Scripting Console does pop up, but as noted by others
>>> before, as soon as you type the 'e' in help - things go wrong. This is fine
>>> - a nightly build (particularly in the DEBUG folder) is there to show the
>>> latest stuff and what needs to be done.
>>>
>>> It would be good to also have an OSX nightly incorporating whatever is
>>> available for panning support too. Since your nightlies are for OSX only,
>>> progress on panning for OSX might shine a light on the problems for other
>>> platforms.
>>>
>>> I had a glimmer of success a couple of weeks ago when I did a merge of
>>> Garth's trackpad branch - but this was masked by my other difficulties
>>> (perhaps my Boost 1.57.0 ??).
>>>
>>> Are your nightly build scripts available? I could try again with Garth's
>>> files.
>>>
>>> Thanks again
>>>
>>> Bob G
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/17/2015 11:12 AM, Adam Wolf wrote:
>>>
>>> Just as an aside, last night's build failed, for the first time in a
>>> while--but the diff pairs should still work fine.
>>>
>>>  Adam Wolf
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  2015-03-17 16:50 GMT+01:00 Bob Gustafson <bobgus@xxxxxxx>:
>>>> > Hi Adam
>>>> >
>>>> > As written in the kicad build documentation, I patched the
>>>> > wxPython/wxWidgets code and built that (also added the doPatch for
>>>> the patch
>>>> > files that were not included in the virgin osx_build_wx.sh file). All
>>>> patch
>>>> > files were used successfully (including the added ones -
>>>> > macos_scrolledwindow and macos_yosemite).
>>>> >
>>>> > I also turned on most of the scripting build switches (why not..)
>>>> >
>>>> > I used a custom kicad-configure.sh script to turn on these switches
>>>> (see
>>>> > attached). From there it was just ‘make’ and ‘sudo make install’. No
>>>> compile
>>>> > errors, but as I have reported before, lots of warnings and notes
>>>> (using
>>>> > clang - which is also available on Fedora21)
>>>> >
>>>> > I have the console output saved from all of these steps if that would
>>>> be of
>>>> > interest.
>>>> >
>>>> > As you point out, the gesture/trackpad patches are not in the patches/
>>>> > directory, so were not included. These patch files could perhaps be
>>>> included
>>>> > or not by commenting out appropriate doPatch lines in osx_build_wx.sh
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I tried your nightlies before, but didn’t see any trackpad panning
>>>> > improvement - will try again.
>>>> >
>>>> > I will also try the nightly with Python support you mentioned in a
>>>> previous
>>>> > email. I thought about that last night after I sent the email report.
>>>> >
>>>> > My motivation is to get a working KiCad that I can use to build a
>>>> board for
>>>> > a legacy piece of gear. I see these beautiful youtube videos of
>>>> paired board
>>>> > traces and wiggly matched delay traces - am disappointed that I can’t
>>>> have
>>>> > the same action on my OSX platform. Perhaps I should concentrate on my
>>>> > Fedora21 box instead, although it seems that the build instructions
>>>> for that
>>>> > platform are more or less identical to OSX.
>>>>
>>>>  The differential pairs and length tuning stuff do not depend on python
>>>> scripting as far as I know and should be available in the latest
>>>> nightlies.
>>>>
>>>> > I'm guessing that some of the OSX problems may be caused by a mix of
>>>> carbon
>>>> > and cocoa library calls. Many of the error reports have carbon
>>>> references.
>>>> > Also, try out the KiCad->About menu item.
>>>> >
>>>> > I will fish around in the DEBUG folder and look for the Python support
>>>> > build.
>>>> >
>>>> > Because of the clumsiness of scrollbars, having two finger panning is
>>>> more
>>>> > or less essential on the OSX platform. When are you planning to try
>>>> out
>>>> > those patches in your nightly builds? The OpenGL option, without
>>>> scrollbars,
>>>> > needs those patches.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks very much for your efforts all
>>>> >
>>>> > Bob G
>>>> >
>>>> > On Mar 16, 2015, at 23:59, Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi Bob,
>>>> >
>>>> > Did you add any patches?  If you didn't, there definitely won't be any
>>>> > gesture/trackpad support.  It isn't ready for merging yet due to
>>>> behavior on
>>>> > other platforms.
>>>> >
>>>> > Are you looking for issues or trying to get a usable KiCad?  If the
>>>> latter,
>>>> > I suggest the nightlies.  I, and quite a few other people, use them
>>>> to make
>>>> > real boards!  (There are even nightlies with Python support in the
>>>> DEBUG
>>>> > folder.)
>>>> >
>>>> > Adam Wolf
>>>> > Cofounder and Engineer
>>>> > W&L
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:46 PM, Bob Gustafson <bobgus@xxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Application: kicad
>>>> > Version: (2015-03-16 BZR 5522)-product Debug build
>>>> > wxWidgets: Version 3.0.2 (debug,UTF-8,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,GCC
>>>> > 4.2.1,STL containers,compatible with 2.8)
>>>> > Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 14.1.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian,
>>>> wxMac
>>>> > Boost version: 1.57.0
>>>> >          USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
>>>> >          USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
>>>> >          KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
>>>> >          KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
>>>> >          KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
>>>> >          USE_FP_LIB_TABLE=HARD_CODED_ON
>>>> >          BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
>>>> >          KICAD_USE_WEBKIT=ON
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > pcbnewinitPythonScripting() failed (error 0: Undefined error: 0)
>>>> >
>>>> > ***** Error importing the wxPython API! ****                20:43:52
>>>> > pcbnewinitPythonScripting() failed: (error 0: Undefined error: 0)
>>>> > 20:43:52
>>>> >
>>>> > ----
>>>> >
>>>> > There are a number of other error conditions - see attached screen
>>>> dumps and
>>>> > logs
>>>> >
>>>> > -----
>>>> >
>>>> > I see that the Contents/Contents typo was removed somewhere in the
>>>> 5513-5522
>>>> > changes.
>>>> >
>>>> > -----
>>>> >
>>>> > I am not able to pan anywhere using two finger gestures. When I try,
>>>> the
>>>> > newPCB zooms in and out.
>>>> >
>>>> > Hope this is helpful
>>>> >
>>>> > Bob G
>>>> >
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