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[Jean-Samuel Reynaud <js.reynaud@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Just from my point of view:
 We use some python plugin currently and it's not really easy to open
each time python console (and remember plugins name, call mode...).

 I'm agree with you: During devs of scripts it's crashing and my devs
have to find the rigth way to process.

 But this kind of feature can increase number of users/devs of this kind
of scripts and raise crash case easily.

Regards,
Le 10/01/2017 à 16:00, Chris Pavlina a écrit :
> Frankly I don't think we should be encouraging users to use the Python
> API until it is significantly improved. The issues JP raises make the
> API completely unsuitable for plugin use. It's opaque and no users have
> any idea how to write robust Python plugins given the current state of
> the API.
> 
> On Jan 10, 2017 09:55, "jp charras" <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Le 10/01/2017 à 15:18, Maciej Sumiński a écrit :
>     > Hi Jean-Samuel,
>     >
>     > I think your patch will facilitate use of 3rd party python plugins, as
>     > the current way of executing commands from the Python shell is not
>     quite
>     > user friendly. I vote for merging the patch, but we need to fix some
>     > code formatting issues first.
>     >
>     > Also, I wonder if it would be the right thing to group menu entries by
>     > their categories to create submenus. It could be a simple way to
>     > organize the actions provided by python plugins. Just an idea.
>     >
>     > Another question is about the following lines:
>     > +        if( IsGalCanvasActive() )
>     > +        {
>     > +            UseGalCanvas( GetGalCanvas() );
>     > +        }
>     >
>     > What is exactly the goal here? If it is only about refreshing the
>     > canvas, then a simple Refresh() call should fix the problem.
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     > Orson
>     >
> 
>     This is a good work.
>     Thanks Jean-Samuel.
> 
>     However, before merging we have to take care of issues which can
>     easily crash Pcbnew:
>     Because a python script can modify the board outside the control of
>     pcbnew edit functions, I am
>     thinking problems will arise with undo/redo lists (invalid
>     pointers), ratsnest data and certainly a
>     few other things.
> 
>     Especially for scripts which add or delete items, or change
>     connectivity.
> 
>     Of course, undo/redo lists are alway incorrect after running such
>     scripts.
>     This is already a known issue for scripts that are run from the
>     Pcbnew python console.
> 
>     --
>     Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> 
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