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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/28/2017 12:04 PM, Arun Kumar wrote:
> Documentation of code or the usage of Kicad? I see that there is already
> documentation on the user guide.

The source code documentation can be found here:
http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/doxygen/index.html

> 
> Would be happy if Kicad transitions to python or other web technologies. 

Most of the board editor functionality has been swigged out to a python
module.  I don't know if the push/shove router has been swigged or not.
If it hasn't maybe our P&S router expert can explain why not and what it
would take to get it swigged out.

> 
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 8:56 PM, Fabrizio Tappero
> <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Arun,
>     if yu like you can contribute with the documentation.
> 
>     Regards
>     Fabrizio
> 
> 
>     On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Arun Kumar <arunkumar413@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:arunkumar413@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>         I don't know C++ so unable  to contribute and I want to build my
>         own FOSS app with the languages I know. I always wanted to
>         contribute to an existing project there  isn't a proper
>         documentation about the source code. Have to go through hundreds
>         and thousands of lines of code to understand where they have
>         implemented a specific functionality. 
>          
>         I browsed the folders of the source code of Kicad but unable to
>         understand what routing techniques are used and the code
>         associated with it. I  found  a folder with name algorithm but
>         couldn't understand how they're working with the parts.
> 
>         Thanks,
>         Arun
> 
>         On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:04 PM, José Ignacio
>         <jose.cyborg@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jose.cyborg@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>             You already established that you want to extract techniques
>             from kicad for your own project instead of contributing. The
>             code is all there in the repo, free to use under the GPL.
> 
>             On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:41 AM, Arun Kumar
>             <arunkumar413@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:arunkumar413@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>                 Hi Team,
> 
>                 Which PCB routing algorithm are used in PCB designing in
>                 Kicad?
> 
>                 Thanks
>                 Arun
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