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[Kristoffer Ödmark <kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey again, I needed this feature again when copying some tedious 
silkscreen drawings that I have not made into a footprint.

Updated my branch to fit into master. I do agree that adding context 
menu entries should be done, but I do not feel it necessary for merging 
this unless any other bugs are found.

I am unsure what you mean with netlist-path. If that is that the 
timestamp or unique identifier is not there, then from what i gather 
that is the same as manually adding a component in pcbnew.

- Kristoffer

On 06/23/2017 07:00 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> Kristoffer,
>
> I finally had a chance to test this and it seems to work fine.  You
> definitely need to add copy and paste to the context menu and probably
> to the main menu as well.  While ctrl-c and ctrl-v are will known,
> Pcbnew has never had a copy and paste feature so it may be wise to add
> the menu entries for existing users.  The only issue I see is that the
> netlist path is empty so I'm not sure how the this will effect the
> ratsnest and connectivity algorithms.  I'm OK with it as long as no one
> else objects.
>
> Orson,
>
> would you please take a look at this when you get a chance to see if
> this makes sense as far as the tool framework goes.
>
> Thanks
>
> Wayne
>
> On 5/21/2017 4:32 PM, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I fixed the kicad clipboard code according to your comments, it is now
> > linked to ctrl+c and ctrl+v, utilizing different code paths depending on
> > what frame they are invoked at.
> >
> > I also fixed the crashes when trying to paste strange stuff.
> >
> > The code is available for testing at:
> >      https://code.launchpad.net/~kristoffer-odmark/kicad/+git/kicad/+ref/copypasta
> >
> >
> > One thing is missing since I am unsure how to proceed,
> > the context menu entries.
> >
> > Should I create a new clipboard_tool.cpp/h file and add context entries
> > from there?
> >
> > Should I add the context entries in the files where they are now?
> > ( selection menu for copying to clipboard, pcbnew_control for pasting,
> > module editor tool for pasting in module editor )
> >
> > Should I do it someway enterily different?
> >
> > Please advice
> >
> > - Kristoffer
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2017-05-08 15:41, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> > > Hi Kristoffer,
> > >
> > > It is a neat feature. Your application is a good application, but I
> > > think it would really shine in the footprint editor. Unfortunately, it
> > > crashes when I tried to copy and paste a bunch of pads. Could you
> > > check it?
> > >
> > > IMHO it would be better to keep standard Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V hot keys, as
> > > this is what people are likely to press when they want to copy or paste
> > > items. These two functions also deserve an entry in the right-click
> > > context menu. Let's not add more hidden features in KiCad.
> > >
> > > Speaking of which, you can also have a look at
> > > MODULE_EDITOR_TOOLS::{Copy,Paste}Items()
> > > (pcbnew/tools/module_editor_tools.cpp). Yes, you guessed it - there was
> > > already copy & paste for the module editor, but it was not properly
> > > exposed, mea culpa. We need to pick one way, and remove the other.
> > >
> > > There are also some code formatting violations that also should be
> > > handled before merging the patch. Tools like uncrustify or clang-format
> > > will do most of the boring work for you.
> > >
> > > If we decide to choose your way, then you need to add GPL license header
> > > for kicad_clipboard.{cpp,h} too.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Orson
> > >
> > > On 05/04/2017 10:40 AM, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
> > > > Hello all!
> > > >
> > > > Last night I was doing some design that used a PCB antenna. I had this
> > > > antenna design made in zones, It was very frustrating to try to copy
> > > > this between an old design and a new one since I had to use a texteditor
> > > > ( very glad that I could though ).
> > > >
> > > > After this I figured that this should be able to be copy-pasted between
> > > > pcbs.
> > > >
> > > > So I have now implemented a subclass of the PCB_IO, that can format an
> > > > entire board or a selection to the clipboard in textformat, and then
> > > > created a subclass to the PCB_PARSER that parses from the clipboard and
> > > > reuses the "append board" functionality to add them back. It also does
> > > > remove the "path" properties of modules. This allows me to copy-paste
> > > > things between different PCBs in kicad. The shortcut keys are
> > > > ctrl+shift+c and ctrl+shift+v so that people dont use this by mistake :)
> > > >
> > > > I think that this might be useful for reusing designs in some manner,
> > > > and if this is in Kicad, my next step would be to start looking into
> > > > some tool to link the pasted modules to symbols in the schematic.
> > > >
> > > > Give me some insight on what you think about this please :)
> > > >
> > > > video: https://youtu.be/4SuUzma0Ua4
> > > >
> > > > (only tested in linux)
> > > >
> > > > - Kristoffer
> > > >
> > > >
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