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Re: [PATCH] BuildConnectivity and re-DisplayBoard in python Refresh

 

I do not have any objections but I'm not a big python scripting user so
it would be nice to hear from our python users.

On 12/7/2017 3:57 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> I think this patch solves one of the problems the scripting interface
> users face now. Are there any objections to merging the patch? Does any
> Python developer care to comment whether it is a requested change?
> 
> Regards,
> Orson
> 
> On 12/03/2017 11:54 AM, miles mccoo wrote:
>> Refresh is used in the python domain to refresh the display with the current
>> design. If something has changed, board connectivity likely needs
>> rebuilding.
>> If using GAL canvas, update its display db.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am still looking at board_commit. This patch is to help those who already
>> have working python code. Also, as I mentioned in my board_commit thread,
>> <https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg32063.html> there will be
>> some scripts for which undo functionality is not needed.
>>
>> also, in the same thread, some suggestions were made on getting GAL to
>> redraw. They all seem to require doing something before changes begin and
>> then calling something else. This patch enables the catch all of "just
>> rebuild whatever needs to be rebuilt"
>>
>> Miles
>>
>> for my personal reference: this is my fifth patch.
>>
>>
>>
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