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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks!

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Bernhard Stegmaier <
stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks a lot, found it now!
> And I don’t believe it… it even seems to work without any problems (well,
> just created the default QFP and changed pads from oval to rectangular…).
>
> I’ll post a patch for OS X in the next couple of days to make paths
> consistently pointing to *only* the one “scripting/plugins” inside the
> application bundle where the footprint plugins are delivered right now.
>
>
> Regards,
> Bernhard
>
> > On 29 Sep 2015, at 17:45, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > It is not well documented, I guess partly becaue the plugins was never
> > found on a default installation.
> >
> > But see http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/en/images/Modedit_top_toolbar.png
> > this is in the footprint editor.
> >
> > It is the 7th icon from the left. The chip package with a small paper
> > on it. Although the icon has changed to a star and a some tools.
> >
> > 2015-09-29 17:40 GMT+02:00 Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>
> >>> On 29 Sep 2015, at 10:49, Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> See the comments about stdout not being open for python:
> >>>
> https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/master/scripting/kicadplugins.i#L43
> >>>
> >>> Just open a new file to direct stdout to temporarily while you're
> >>> debugging/testing:
> >>>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4675728/redirect-stdout-to-a-file-in-python#answer-4675744
> >>>
> >>> Best Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Brian.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the tip… worked.
> >>
> >> I need some help, though:
> >> I changed the paths and I verified that all of the python
> wizards/plugins are loaded fine.
> >> All paths are correct, python seems to load the plugins via __import__
> just fine (there seems to be a valid object when doing a print on it), no
> other errors.
> >> But, I just don’t find those plugins anywhere in pcbnew… :(
> >>
> >> Maybe I am just blind, but where are they supposed to be?
> >> If they should appear in the menu, where are the menu entries created?
> >>
> >> I don’t know if related, I did not notice that before:
> >> When opening the Tools menu I always get an OS X wxWidgets assertion
> about invalid checked/unchecked menu items which obviously are created
> wrong (at least for OS X)… maybe those are the ones I am missing?
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Bernhard
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