On 22 May 2012 11:26, Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebot...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 16 May 2012 10:50, Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebot...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> I've had a change to put a proposal of the functionality together >> which I think covers most stuff. I've attached a txt file incase the >> text below doesn't come out very well. >> >> I think the functionality will be great for a lot of users of KiCad. >> Let me know if I should convert this to a blueprint on Launchpad. >> >> Proposal >> -------- >> >> To add new project template functionality to KiCad to facilitate the easy >> setup of projects which have common attributes such as pre-defined board >> outlines, connector posisitions, schematic elements, design rules, etc. >> >> >> Definitions >> ----------- >> >> A template is a directory of files, which includes a directory of >> metadata. >> The template system name (SYSNAME) is the directory name under which the >> template files are stored. The metadata directory (METADIR) contains >> pre-defined files which provide information about the template. >> >> All files and directories in a template are copied to the new project path >> when a project is created using a template, except METADIR. >> >> All files and directories which start with SYSNAME will have SYSNAME >> replaced by the new project filename, excluding the file extension. >> >> >> Metadata >> -------- >> >> A template's METADIR must contain the required files, and might optionally >> contain any of the optional files >> >> Required Files >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> /info.html - Contains html formatted information about the template >> which is used by the user to determine if the template is what >> they are after. The <title> tag determines the actual name of >> the template that is exposed to the user for template >> selection. >> >> Using html to format this document means that images can be >> inlined without having to invent a new scheme. >> >> Only HTML supported by wxHTML can be used to format this >> document. >> >> Optional Files >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> /icon.png - A 64 x 64px PNG icon file which is used as a clickable >> icon in the template selection dialog. >> >> >> Operation >> --------- >> >> The KiCad File menu will be modified to change New from a menu item to a >> pop-out menu item, in the same manor as Open Recent. There will be two >> options on the pop-out menu: >> >> Blank -> Will act exactly the same as the current new menu item so >> that anyone >> who wishes to create a blank project won't have their settings lost or >> feel >> alienated. >> >> From Template -> Will open the template selection dialog. >> >> The template selection dialog will have a list of icons on the left, and a >> wxHTML window to the right. A single click on a template's icon on the >> left >> will load that templates info.html metadata file and display it in the >> wxHTML window. >> >> A double click on a template's icon will start the new project creation >> and >> will open a new file dialog. If the user selects a valid location for the >> new project, the template will be copied to the new project location >> (excluding METADIR as mentioned earlier) and any files that match the >> string >> replacement rules will be renamed to reflect the new project's name. >> >> The list of available templates will be gathered from the following >> sources: >> >> wxStandardPaths::GetExecutableDir()/../share/template/ >> wxStandardPaths::GetUserDataDir()/templates/ >> wxGetEnv(wxT("KICAD_TEMPLATES")) > > No news is good news! ;-) > > I'm starting to implement this now. > > Best Regards, Brian.
This is now mostly working, I've just got the new template selector dialog to finish off. The GUI bits always seem to take a while to finish! Best Regards, Brian. _______________________________________________ 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