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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Marco,

I committed your patch in the product branch r5819.  Thanks.

Would one of our expert bitmap designers please come up with a better
html file bitmap instead of the light bulb provided in this patch?

Thanks,

Wayne

On 6/21/2015 9:41 PM, Marco Hess wrote:
> For your consideration a patch that extends the KiCad project manager to
> recognise HTML files in the project browser and open them in the default
> browser when clicked on.
> 
> I use this feature quite a bit as I generate my various BOM and other
> reports through python scripts and in both HTML and CSV formats.
> 
> I find the HTML versions quicker to open and browse than the CSV
> equivalents (and easier on the eye) and it is also very easy to include
> click-able links. For example one of my reports shows all URL references
> to supplier website links that I then can easily click on to get to the
> supplier website for that part.
> 
> For the HTML icon I used an existing lightbulb icon as I have not been
> able to find an otherwise suitable HTML icon. I  copied it into its own
> html icon files, so it can be updated easily if need be.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Marco
> 
> 
> 
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