[Bug 702785] Re: cvpcb display footprints list documentation button doesn't work
I fixed this in the product repo. The stable branch is not a clean merge so I will fix the stable branch when I get a chance. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/702785 Title: cvpcb display footprints list documentation button doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/702785/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 702785] Re: cvpcb display footprints list documentation button doesn't work
I installed the latest stable release of KiCad and indeed the footprint pdf file is not longer installed as part of KiCad. I'm going to remove this feature since it's not longer supported unless someone objects. If you object and want to keep this feature, I'm making you responsible for building and maintaining the footprint pdf file and adding it to the all of the installers. ** Changed in: kicad Assignee: (unassigned) => Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/702785 Title: cvpcb display footprints list documentation button doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/702785/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 702785] Re: cvpcb display footprints list documentation button doesn't work
This file no longer exists as part of the kicad-library repo so attempting to open this file doesn't make any sense. I'll remove this if no one objects. If you do object, please submit a patch to define the behavior that you expect subject to the usual lead developer approval. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/702785 Title: cvpcb display footprints list documentation button doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/702785/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 816739] Re: kicad warps mouse
I think this has been completely fixed. An option was added to disable cursor warping so this can be tagged as fix committed as far as I can tell. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/816739 Title: kicad warps mouse To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/816739/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 668145] Re: Font preferences not available anymore, internal font changed
On 10/13/2013 04:49 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: http://timeguy.com/cradek/truetype Is this anything? On Oct 13, 2013 2:25 AM, Lorenzo Marcantonio 668...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 04:28:58AM -, Daniel Santos wrote: From a cursory examination of the Gerber spec (which I've never worked with before). It looks like the appropriate way to render an arbitrary font from it's vector representation is to render each non-contiguous shape of each glyph as a single contour (enable region mode with G36, draw the contour and then end the region mode with G37). Now this is tricky for many reasons. This is the hard part and what I was eluding to in the previous conversation. I've never used the FreeType library but looking at the API it looks like it provides a way to convert any font type it supports to strokes as Lorenzo pointed out. The difficult part is accurately converting this output into the gerber or any other file format for that matter. Obviously it can be done. Other applications do it all the time. However, this will require a lot of testing and visual comparison which is always fraught errors. Over the years I've seen some very expensive board layout software do a very poor job of rendering fonts to gerbers. If we want to provide this for our users, I want make sure we do it properly. At least the current line drawn fonts are accurate which IMHO is more important when manufacturing PCBs than inaccurate fancy TT fonts. The recommended way to render arbitrary images/fonts in gerber (and AFAIK the approach used by every CAD supporting truetype fonts in gerber) is using horizontal rasters. Usually the raster pitch is wide as the aperture or maybe half of it for better edge quality; also the raster approach actually follows the mechanics of the silkscreen process (which *is* done on a raster of wires...) I did a proof-of-concept demo some year ago (about when we switched from the 'squared' font) but the idea wasn't pursued for lack of interest (and display performance reasons, too). Maybe with the forthcoming OpenGL rendering, the performance issues will be less of an issue. Of course, this means you would have to modify both the GAL and the wxDC renderer to support FreeType fonts until all of the KiCad rendering has been ported over to the OpenGL GAL. Another reason is that the plotting infrastructure need to implement text in postscript/PDF too and that is even more tricky than gerber. Yes. All of the output formats that KiCad supports would have to be modified to support the new fonts as well. Now we have a more accurate view of how large the task really is and there are probably some other parts of KiCad this will effect (file formats?) that we haven't even considered. I am all for high quality fonts for KiCad but I am opposed to a partial implementation for obvious reasons. I am not trying to discourage anyone and I think it is a great idea. I am only trying to make sure anyone who takes on this task understands what's involved. -- Lorenzo Marcantonio Logos Srl -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of KiCad Bug Squad, which is subscribed to KiCad. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668145 Title: Font preferences not available anymore, internal font changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/668145/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668145 Title: Font preferences not available anymore, internal font changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/668145/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 668145] Re: Font preferences not available anymore, internal font changed
On 10/11/2013 2:19 PM, Daniel Santos wrote: Hello guys. I see that this bug is fairly old, but as a person recently introduced to Kicad, I must tell you that the font appearance was an immediate turn-off! I know this sounds bubble-gum, twitter-ish, gen-me shallow, but first appearances really have a profound impact on the *perception* of quality. It's been a while since I've played with fonts, but I agree that the font should not be compiled in and one should definately NOT have to manually draw a font! In fact, by zooming in on the schematic view and not researching at all, I could tell that the font was custom made from straight lines. So in other words, it's obvious. If you read all of messages in this bug report, I don't think anyone would disagree with you that the stroke fonts are less than ideal. They do allow us to guarantee the accuracy of the output. It is my uneducated opinion that we *should* be able to use some existing font library to transform vector fonts into the language of gerber without too much problem, although I can't comment on what it would take to make the change in kicad. IMHO, the design should have abstracted the font from the start, although I realize the importance of sometimes just getting a product done and accepting costs like hard- coded fonts. I doubt there is anything easy about using some existing font library to transform them into the gerber format unless you don't care about accuracy or someone else is doing the work ( which I find are always the easiest tasks to do :) ). If it was easy, someone would have done it by now. KiCad is getting to the point where there are not many easy tasks left to do. Most of the wishlist issues are very significant development efforts that require some financial incentive to motivate developers to work on them or high quality patches that don't require a huge amount of lead developer time to commit. While I agree that there is a difference between rendering fonts in the schematic editor where the output accuracy isn't as critical as the board font rendering, Pcbnew and Eeschema share common font rendering code so it's not that easy to replace. Is anybody still working on this? I don't think anyone ever worked on this other than take a look at the effort involved. If you are feeling motivated, by all means give it a try. We are always looking for motivate developers who are willing to work with the KiCad development team. Wayne -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668145 Title: Font preferences not available anymore, internal font changed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/668145/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 593989] Re: Dot in library name fails!
** Changed in: kicad Status: Fix Committed = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/593989 Title: Dot in library name fails! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/593989/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 593989] Re: Dot in library name fails!
On 5/6/2013 9:39 AM, Bausparfuchs wrote: This is still valid in Kicad on precise. I am using the daily builds from adam wolfs ppa. When a library file is loaded, it is recognised just to the first dot. If there are multiple dots in the filename of the .lib or the .mod, there will be errors about library-xyz.mod not found, where the files are actually named library-xyz.2013.mod and library-xyz.2013.lib I confirmed this in CvPcb and the Pcbnew module library viewer. I still need to do some more investigating to see where else this problem exists. For future reference, please paste the results of Help-Copy Version Information from one of the KiCad applications. The results should look something like: Application: KiCad Version: (2013-05-02 BZR 4128)-testing Build: wxWidgets 2.9.4 (wchar_t,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,GCC 4.7.2,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) Platform: Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW Boost version: 1.53.0 Options: USE_PCBNEW_NANOMETRES=ON KICAD_GOST=OFF USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF KICAD_SCRIPTING=OFF KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=OFF KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=OFF Also, please include the steps required to reproduce the problem. It will make it easier for developers to track down the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/593989 Title: Dot in library name fails! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/593989/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 593989] Re: Dot in library name fails!
I committed a fix in r4141 which should solve this problem. Please test it when it is available on Adam's PPA. If you find any other broken library file names, please include the steps required to duplicate the bug so I know where to look. For future reference, please open a new bug report rather than re-open an existing one that is tagged as fix committed or fix released. Thank you for reporting this bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/593989 Title: Dot in library name fails! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/593989/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 872265] Re: Save function in CVpcb closes the application
Fixed in testing branch version r3170. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872265 Title: Save function in CVpcb closes the application To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/872265/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 872265] Re: Save function in CVpcb closes the application
** Changed in: kicad Status: Confirmed = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872265 Title: Save function in CVpcb closes the application To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/872265/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 593989] Re: Dot in library name fails!
I don't create the binary packages. The bug fix is committed to the testing source code branch. You didn't specify the version or branch of Kicad that you found the bug in so I don't know how far back the bug exits. If you are using version r2457 or later you should always paste the information from Help-Copy Version Information into your bug report. On 10/4/2011 8:32 AM, Marius Kotsbak wrote: I cannot reproduce the problem for .mod files in r3103 either. But in the Ubuntu natty package the problem is reproducible. ** Changed in: kicad (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/593989 Title: Dot in library name fails! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/593989/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
