Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema status and features safe to work on

2016-12-01 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi Jon, Anything that requires access to the schematic objects is going to get changed so if you don't mind the disruptions to your work then feel work on things like your autorouter. If you don't need access to the schematic objects such as your color selection, then I would think the

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema status and features safe to work on

2016-12-01 Thread Jon Evans
Hi Orson, Thanks much for your feedback and news about plans for eeschema. I agree that having a common codebase for selection filtering and object inspection across the tools is a great idea (especially since the roadmap has plans for eventually combining the tools more than they are today). By

Re: [Kicad-developers] eeschema status and features safe to work on

2016-12-01 Thread Maciej SumiƄski
Hi Jon, We really appreciate your offer. I am quite positive that most of people here would admit that KiCad begs for some UX improvements. GALifying eeschema is going to be a significant refactor, but it will not happen before v5 release, which is currently planned for Feb 2017. IIRC Wayne

[Kicad-developers] eeschema status and features safe to work on

2016-11-30 Thread Jon Evans
Hi all, I am an EE and sometimes software developer who has wanted to contribute to KiCad for a while and finally might have some time to do things. I am kind of excited about UI/UX improvement possibilities, and have been compiling a list of things that I might want to work on at some point or