On the other hand, if we don’t then we have to keep carrying around a boat-load of Legacy rendering code (because we use that for printing).
> On 24 Feb 2018, at 20:16, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There is no plan yet but it has been discussed. The only downside is that we > will have to write our own print handling on windows and I'm guessing macos. > That's one of the reasons no one has signed up yet because it will be a large > undertaking. > > On 02/24/2018 02:02 PM, Jon Evans wrote: >> Yes I think that's the plan, just needs someone to sign up to write it :) >> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018, 14:00 Andrzej Wolski <awolski.ki...@gmail.com >> <mailto:awolski.ki...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> Cairo have PDF, SVG and Postscript support. I was once wondering if >> GAL/Cairo could be used for printing. >> Andrzej >> W dniu 2018-02-24 o 19:24, Jon Evans pisze: >>> Yeah, there (at least) three different dialogs that all present >>> similar things (i.e. a list of layers to include, settings, etc): >>> >>> Export->SVG >>> Print >>> Plot >>> >>> The Print code for Export->SVG seems to just use the same SVG >>> plotter, so maybe it's just mostly GUI cleanup that is needed. >>> >>> The main Print code does need an overhaul to use something other >>> than wxDC for graphics generation (and perhaps adding some more >>> features to PDF export) >>> >>> -Jon >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 1:16 PM, Jeff Young <j...@rokeby.ie >>> <mailto:j...@rokeby.ie>> wrote: >>> >>> Plot SVG and Export SVG are different. The former goes >>> through the Plot code while the later goes through the Print >>> code. >>> >>> Do we need both? I haven’t a clue. >>> >>> It would be nice to clean this stuff up, if there is in fact a >>> clean way to present it. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Jeff. >>> >>> >>>> On 24 Feb 2018, at 14:54, Jon Evans <j...@craftyjon.com >>>> <mailto:j...@craftyjon.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I agree with this! It has always tripped me up when I switch >>>> back and forth between kicad and other EDA tools. >>>> >>>> On Feb 24, 2018 9:31 AM, "Diego Herranz" >>>> <diegoherr...@diegoherranz.com >>>> <mailto:diegoherr...@diegoherranz.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Now that so much work is happening on re-structuring >>>> menus, I've remembered something I have always found >>>> weird on pcbnew. >>>> >>>> "Plot", from wihch you can obtain Gerbers is not inside >>>> "Fabrication Outputs", but on its own. >>>> I find it weird to have the drill option inside >>>> "Fabrication Outputs" but not the Gerbers (they are >>>> normally needed together and in fact, you can go to >>>> "Drill" from "Plot"). >>>> >>>> If "Plot" was Gerber only, I would recommend moving it >>>> inside "Fabrication Outputs" straight away but because it >>>> also exports other formats, it's not so straightforward. >>>> >>>> I think ideally we would have: >>>> >>>> - Fabrication outputs >>>> - Gerber... >>>> - Drill >>>> - ... >>>> - Export >>>> - STEP >>>> - PDF... >>>> - Postcript... >>>> - DXF... >>>> - ... >>>> >>>> And I have just noticed SVG can be obtained from "Plot" >>>> or the "Export" submenu. Is it the same? >>>> >>>> What do you guys think? I'm not necessarily suggesting >>>> looking into this before KiCad 5, just wanted to have >>>> your view. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Diego >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>>> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>>> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>> <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list:https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to :kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> >>> Unsubscribe :https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help :https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
