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Re: Joy of multi-platform development

 

I hope to have my tree back in working order tomorrow and could do this then….

Cheers,
Jeff.


> On 9 Aug 2018, at 20:36, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 8/9/2018 1:11 PM, jp charras wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Would one of our osx devs please check this for JP?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Wayne
> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Wayne
>> 
> 
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