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Re: Joy of multi-platform development

 

Le 09/08/2018 à 19:02, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
> On 8/9/2018 12:06 PM, jp charras wrote:
>> Eeschema uses accelerator key BkSp (exactly Alt+BkSp) in view menu
>> (View/Leave Sheet).
>>
>> This accelerator works fine on Windows, and generates a warning on Linux
>> (and is not shown in menu)
>>
>> Reason:
>> On Linux (GTK?) the accelerator key BkSp, when used in menus must be
>> coded as "\t\b" and not "\tBkSp" (and the Alt+BkSp accelerator is \tAlt+\b)
>> (\b is the ASCII code of Back Space key).
>> However, On Windows, Alt+BkSp accelerator must be "\tAlt+BkSp".
>>
>> I just fixed this minor issue in commit 78ab5c3f07
>> Can someone test this commit on OSX and see if "\tAlt+BkSp" is working?
>> Thanks.
>>
> 
> The gift that keeps on giving. ;)  Nice catch.  I wonder if the wx folks
> know this.  It would be nice if they fixed this one their end.
> 
> This is probably the cause of this bug report:
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1786113
> 
> The fix for this should also be cherry picked into the 5.0 branch.

Sure. I just need to know what happens on OSX.

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Wayne

-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS


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