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Re: wxPython-gtk3 woes

 

Hi all,

First: for PPA, I disable for the moment WXPYTHON when needed (for
bionis...). So it fixing temporary this issue
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1762432)

Second: I'm one of the user(s ?) who use wxpython for GUI in plugins.
I'm sure is not a major feature (yet). Anyway the possibility to create
plugins to KiCad in python with a minimal UI (simple dialog boxes...) is
really useful to add features that require input parameters...

Last point: Is there a list of issue detected with GTK3 ? Some bugs are
tagged with that ?

Regards,
Le 10/04/2018 à 13:35, Maciej Sumiński a écrit :
> It seems the easy solution to me too. I just wonder how many people rely
> on the Python shell or GUIs done with wxPython.
> 
> On 04/10/2018 01:32 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
>> I never got KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON to work on my Mac, and I can’t say I’ve missed it.
>>
>>> On 10 Apr 2018, at 12:26, Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Apparently mixing wxWidgets-gtk2 and wxPython-gtk3 [1] is not only an
>>> Arch issue anymore, as the upcoming Ubuntu release (bionic) also
>>> provides wxPython package built against gtk3 [package: 2, bug report: 3].
>>>
>>> There are two things we can do to fix the problem for v5:
>>> - Backport python-wxgtk3.0 package built against gtk2. This way
>>> everything works as it used to be, but only for the nightlies. For the
>>> official release the users would be forced to add a PPA providing the
>>> backported package and it sounds troublesome.
>>>
>>> - Disable KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON, as there is still available
>>> libwxgtk3.0 package [4] build against gtk2. The drawbacks are that the
>>> Python shell in pcbnew and scripts taking advantage of wxPython to
>>> display a GUI will not work anymore.
>>>
>>> In other news: Ubuntu bionic also ships wxPhoenix [5].
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Orson
>>>
>>> 1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1747677
>>> 2. https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/python-wxgtk3.0
>>> 3. https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1762432
>>> 4. https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/libwxgtk3.0-0v5
>>> 5. https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/python3-wxgtk4.0
>>>
>>>
>>>
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