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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2019-12-02 17:26, Tim Hawkins wrote:

> Would this be a suitable starter project?
>
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019, 9:19 AM Evan Shultz, <evan.shultz@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> Mark,
>
> I agree that the dialog could be improved. And this entire part of 
> KiCad, in fact. But it's also a relatively minor part of KiCad and 
> there are likely more exciting areas in active development.


No, this is a very involved fix.  The new templates don't work with 
KiCad's page resizing assumptions, so we will need to either extend the 
template integral commands or re-work the templating system to restrict 
page sizes.

Either one is a complex undertaking.  If you would like start tackling 
some KiCad work, I _highly_ recommend starting with bug fixes rather 
than features.  These get you familiar with the codebase and exposed to 
the KiCad style.  They also have agreed-upon desired results.  I've 
found the best way to do this is to pick a subsystem (pleditor, 
calculator, gerbview, eeschema, pcbnew) and focus on working out a few 
bugs in it.  You will learn how different parts work together and how 
the problems have been solved in the past.

If you are interested, please let me know and I'll give you a few 
options for good starting issues.

Best-
Seth


Seth Hillbrand
KiCad Services Corporation
https://www.kipro-pcb.com
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