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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom, et al,

I assume we just need to drop wxDC for the canvas, but that UI constructs (such as colour swatches, etc.) would continue to use wxDC?

Thanks,
Jeff.


> On 17 Jul 2018, at 15:44, Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 16/07/18 17:54, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> I was really hoping just to fix the wxDC issues with GTK3 rather than
>> implement GAL unless Tom implemented a wxDC GAL and that is all we
>> expose for 5.1.  The primary goal here is to fix the GTK3 rendering
>> issues so we can enable wxPython support again.  We need to limit our
>> risk exposure for 5.1.
>> 
> Hi Wayne,
> 
> The sooner we drop wxDC, the better for Kicad. I wouldn't do it because
> of the GTK3/Python issues (since it's a neverending Linux problem of
> changing APIs and libraries), but for performance reasons - on OSX for
> instance, eeschema is sometimes barely usable because of slow drawing.
> 
> I hope I'll be able to devote some time to cleaning up the eeschema-gal
> code in the coming weeks. So far, the main canvas and the library editor
> are implemented, with the symbol preview widgets & library browser
> remaining.
> 
> 
>> I'm assuming the printing is a v6 goal.
> 
> Orson made quite a lot of progress with Cairo printing. IIRC it can make
> it to the 5.1.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tom
> 
>> 
>> On 7/16/2018 11:15 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
>>> Tom has already prepared a proof-of-concept eeschema with GAL rendering,
>>> which still uses the legacy tools. I have some promising results
>>> switching the printing system to Cairo GAL. Obviously we will face some
>>> unexpected obstacles, but I have high hopes.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Orson
>>> 
>>> On 07/16/2018 03:40 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>>> Yes, assuming we can get that to work without dragging in Phoenix.
>>>> 
>>>> On 7/16/2018 9:27 AM, Jeff Young wrote:
>>>>> 5.1 is also for the GTK3 fixes, right?
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 16 Jul 2018, at 14:23, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 7/16/2018 9:19 AM, Simon Richter wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 15.07.2018 13:39, Jeff Young wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I renamed my 6.0 branch to 5.1, since most of what it contains goes there.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What is the difference between 5.1 and 6.0? What goes into which branch?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>  Simon
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 5.1 is only for the UI refactoring Jeff is working on along with any bug
>>>>>> fixes that get merged into the 5.0 branch.  Any new features such as the
>>>>>> new schematic file formats or GALification of eeschema are v6 only.
>>>>>> 
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