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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

I second this suggestion. It's way nicer than the dinky little Notepad-with-REPL we're using right now.

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Chris

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 10:57:26PM +0800, Strontium wrote:
> Hello Kicad developers,
> 
> I have been a very long time follower of kicad and I think the work done to
> it over the years is simply amazing.
> I would love to contribute where I can.
> 
> I have had need to play with the python scripting of Kicad.  Kicad uses
> wxpython.
> Wxpython includes within it, a much better shell than the one currently
> being used.
> 
> If inside the current python shell, one does this:
> 
> >>> import wx; f = wx.py.editor.EditorNotebookFrame(title="KiCad PCB");
> f.Show()
> 
> You will see what I am talking about.
> 
> It provides a nice way to introspect python state when writing scripts, and
> also includes a simple tabbed text editor.
> 
> Its possible this shell could be tweaked to be even better, but even as it
> stands its a LOT better than the default shell.
> 
> I am working on a proposed patch to sub the existing shell with this one,
> for further discussion.  I will post it once I test it.
> 
> Strontium (Steven J)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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