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[Greg Smith <ecomputerd@xxxxxxxxx>]

Better formatting:
How do you get PCB_EDIT_FRAME functions exposed to python?
I've been looking around the source code tosee how to expose them. Specifically, PCB_EDIT_FRAME::syncLayerVisibilities, and other PCB_EDIT_FRAME functions.
It looks like to me the definitions are in
pcbnew/pcbframe.cpp
and the declarations are in
include/wxPcbStruct.h

And the relevant swig files are in
pcbnew/swig/pcbnew.i

Is it correct that modification of pcbnew.i to either
1) (excerpt)
%include <gal/color4d.h>
%include <id.h>
%include <wxPcbStruct.h>

or 2)
%include wxPcbStruct.i
(and have some method for generating wxPcbStruct.i)?

The functions I'm wanting are declared in C++ as "protected:". Does thishave any implications for running them from python through SWIG?
Finally, how do you make sure that all argument types are accessible from python as well? 

    On Tuesday, August 22, 2017 1:02 PM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 

 Le 22/08/2017 à 19:33, Greg Smith a écrit :
> Continuing to review, it appears I am wrong. PCB_EDIT_FRAME:sLV does in fact synchronize the
> checkboxes, but also calls PCB_DRAW_PANEL_GAL::SLV to do the background synchronization of the layers.
> 
> Thank you jp, and I apologize for not researching sufficiently your answer before posting.
> 
> So at this point, how do we get PCB_EDIT_FRAME:sLV exposed in python?
> 
> void PCB_EDIT_FRAME::syncLayerVisibilities    (        )    
> 
>     protected
> 

Certainly the Python interface needs a few specific and "easy to call" methods to update the GUI and
the canvases, when a board is modified by a python script.

The "legacy" canvas is easy to update, but the GAL canvas has a lot of cached data, so it needs a
rebuild method.

I'll try to add this kind of methods. But remember: I have a (very) poor knowledge of Python.

Also, I'll not be able to work on Kicad next 3 days.

-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS

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