Niiiicee!!! :-) Keep working and you will get it done :-), I think it's a very useful improvement to any daily work in KiCad.
Have you tried to work with the wxForms builder?, if you see the dialogs directory in pcbnew there is a lot of .fbp files that export a _base.cpp and _base.h (something like that), why is a class that you can derive with your real form code and keep the form edited in wxformbuilder later. http://wxformbuilder.org/ 2012/6/11 Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebot...@gmail.com> > On 25 May 2012 17:00, Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. > > Hi Guys, > > Just another ping! Code is on-going - sorry the wxWidgets GUI stuff > takes ages to do; Especially as there is essentially a custom tabbed > selection widget. Still, I've learnt a lot about wxWidgets and it's > getting close to completion now. > > A preview (with random icons!) can be seen: > http://www.valvers.com/files/kicad-templates-preview.png > > I have yet to scrape the html for the project title to print under the > icons (I now don't fancy doing this through wxHtml as their custom tag > handling looks awful!). A simple regex will do the trick easy enough > though. Once that's done and some code tidying is done I'll prep the > patch. Probably another week or so before I can do that. > > 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 > -- Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo http://www.nbee.es +34 636 52 25 69 skype: ajoajoajo
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