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[Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The selection issues on MacOS should be fixed in wxWidgets already - at least, there is a patch around for it if it hasn’t landed in 4.0.x yet (if it ever will…).
We have to use a custom wxWidgets for MacOS anyway, so this shouldn’t be a reason for not using the selector.


Regards,
Bernhard

> On 14. Sep 2017, at 14:05, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Le 14/09/2017 à 10:33, Russell Oliver a écrit :
>> Hi All, 
>> 
>> Below is a link to the patch hosted on Dropbox. 
>> 
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ig6mp9os0bzyev7/eagle-import.patch?dl=0
>> 
>> Kind Regards
>> Russell Oliver
>> 
> 
> Thanks, Russel.
> 
> I tried to test if on Windows (W7, 32 bits) but unfortunately it crashes (segmentation fault) on
> opening a .sch Eagle file (I tried 2 files found on the Web).
> (The corresponding board files can be opened)
> 
> Otherwise, the selection of .sch file format (Kicad/Eagle) is made in the open sch file dialog.
> 
> I am not sure this is a good ides because:
> - In a similar case we already have issues on OSX for Pcbnew:
> the file format selection did not work when the files have the same extension (.brd files that can
> be a Eagle file or a old Kicad file).
> (It was solved only by using 2 separate dialogs)
> - Users are not aware of this selection, that is not really obvious.
> 
> So I am thinking a separate menu (like in Pcbnew) one to read kicad files and one to import Eagle
> schematics is more suitable.
> 
> -- 
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> 
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