Re: [Kicad-developers] Change in Library Team Leadership

2020-08-28 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Rene, good luck with your new undervoir and who knows, maybe one day you will be back. cheers Fabrizio On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 10:01 PM Rene Pöschl wrote: > Hi all, > > > the bad news up front, I no longer have the time to properly handle > leading the library team as i am now working full

Re: [Kicad-developers] Who did the save-to-board icon?

2019-11-04 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi guys, Seth, I apologize for not getting back to you in all this time. Years ago I redesigned about 85% of all 380 kicad icons and during the years people have freely improved or resigned some of them. All submits I was responsible with have been done via Dick, JP, Wayne. If you think you have

Re: [Kicad-developers] Project annuouncement.

2019-05-07 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hey Wayne, Congratulations!!! I am really happy for you! Cheers, Fabrizio On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 1:51 AM Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > Nick, > > Thanks. I will actually have spare time now which I plan to use doing > things outside of KiCad. Prior to the new job, there really wasn't any > free

Re: [Kicad-developers] Sponsoring KiCad development

2019-02-03 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hello, I find feature 2-d something that would be really useful. Cheers Fabrizio On Fri, Feb 1, 2019, 6:57 PM Schaarschmidt Wolf Dear KiCad developers, > > our company Dorabot is an enthusiastic KiCad user, > so we would like to *sponsor *some improvements: > > *1. Schematic design part* > a.

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] RFC: toolbar button support for action plugins

2018-08-22 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
I really like it!! Very cool work. Thank you. Fabrizio On Aug 22, 2018 1:29 PM, "Andrew Lutsenko" wrote: Hi Seth, I built the settings dialog for action plugins. You can reorder and enable/disable buttons for each plugin individually. Short demo: https://i.imgur.com/33iJC7b.gif Squashed

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Op-amp symbol icons

2018-07-26 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hello, sharp 1px or 2px lines cause icon to look sharp (obviously). This does not normally lead to a pleasant GUI experience unless we consider a GUI from the 90s. According the the overall style chosen it might be a good idea to add a a second line next to the 1px (2px) line of a much lower (or

Re: [Kicad-developers] Board setup icon

2018-07-26 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
con in contexts where that isn’t ambiguous). > However, where multiple contexts are visible at once (such as in LibEdit > where we had both Edit Symbol Fields and Place Text using the ’T’ icon), I > favour making them specific. > > Cheers, > Jeff. > > > On 25 Jul 2018, at 14:

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad 5 release announcement update

2018-07-22 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hey guys, I really would like to express my gratitude to all the people who have made this possible. This is a fantastic step forward. Cheers Fabrizio On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 11:21 PM Tomasz Wlostowski wrote: > > On 22/07/18 18:44, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > I just pushed the updated version of

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad logo author

2018-07-18 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Wayne, How are you? I'm the author of the kicad logo and everything is of course fine with me. Cheers Fabrizio On Jul 18, 2018 7:36 PM, "Wayne Stambaugh" wrote: I've been getting a few requests recently about using the KiCad logo[1] for merchandising and other uses that benefit the

Re: [Kicad-developers] python plugin folder misplaced?

2018-05-30 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Carsten, thank you for the clarification. cheers Fabrizio On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Carsten Schoenert wrote: > Hello Fabrizio, > > Am 30.05.2018 um 16:42 schrieb Fabrizio Tappero: > > ​Hello, > > I recently discovered the existence of some usef

[Kicad-developers] python plugin folder misplaced?

2018-05-30 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
​Hello, I recently discovered the existence of some useful BOM python plugins in this folder: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/kicad/plugins/ Wouldn't be recommendable to have the installer put the plugins folder in: /usr/share/kicad/ In this way people might actually find a use these scripts easily.

Re: [Kicad-developers] More default fields in schematic

2018-05-22 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hello, I'd like to contribute with my 2c. I completely agree with Kristoffer, there is a need for a "MPN" field hard coded exactly as "Value" field is hard coded in Kicad. As Wayne mentions the current "Preferences - General Options - Default Fields" is not a bad option to add a "MPN" field.

Re: [Kicad-developers] Generate Drill File window and its buttons

2018-04-24 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
The "Generate" button label has made it but the colon inconsistency problem is still there. cheers Fabrizio On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 1:11 PM, Fabrizio Tappero < fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi JP, > just to clarify. I think the "Generate" the colon inco

Re: [Kicad-developers] Generate Drill File window and its buttons

2018-04-24 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi JP, just to clarify. I think the "Generate" the colon inconsistency has not made it to v 5.0. Regards Fabrizio On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 4:45 PM, jp charras <jp.char...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Le 23/04/2018 à 15:56, Fabrizio Tappero a écrit : > > cheer Jeff, woul

Re: [Kicad-developers] Generate Drill File window and its buttons

2018-04-23 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
y/kicad/log/?h=6.0 > > > On 23 Apr 2018, at 10:19, Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, > in the latest KiCad this is what the Generate Drill Files window looks > like. > > > > I wonder if "Drill File" should be chang

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad looks on high res monitor

2018-04-13 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
t something better. As > of right now, wxWidgets doesn't support drawing buttons with SVG so we > will most likely have to provide multiple bitmap sizes for each image. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 4/11/2018 7:32 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > > Hello, > > I had t

[Kicad-developers] Kicad looks on high res monitor

2018-04-11 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hello, I had the change to test the latest kicad on a 3k 15" monitor and the result is not very good. With a high res monitor, current kicad toolbar icons (and other elements like layer selecting checkpoints) are painfully small and when scaled at X2, for instnace, the overall KiCad app looks is

Re: [Kicad-developers] What is the purpose of multiple 3D models?

2018-04-06 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Multiple 3d shapes is actually great. I use it when i have a component that is a second PCB that can be mounted in two different orientations. On Mar 31, 2018 7:39 PM, "jp charras" wrote: > Le 31/03/2018 à 19:28, Kevin Cozens a écrit : > > On 2018-03-31 01:04 PM, jp

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Able to install KiCad stable and "daily build" in same computer

2018-04-06 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi, As for freecad I think it is a great idea to have v5 and kicad-nightly. Cheers Fabrizio On Apr 6, 2018 8:02 AM, "Strontium" wrote: > Hi Wayne, > > I agree with you about scope creep, however I do see issues for users. > > From an end user perspective V5 is a big

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

2018-03-07 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hello, as Andy mentioned, I consider quite important to have schematic components embedded into schematic file. This will allow people to share small schematic sheets and schematic snippets without painful lib cache file. In Eagle and in Altium the "make library from schematic" capability is/was

Re: [Kicad-developers] Libedit and Modedit Icons

2018-01-16 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
The attached image shows a comparison between a poorly designed icons and a well designed icon . thank you Fabrizio On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 2:19 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > IMHO the new icon collection looks awful. They are

Re: [Kicad-developers] Libedit and Modedit Icons

2018-01-16 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi, I do not mean to offend anybody but, for years, there have been people working very hard on the look of KiCad UI (see credits for details). I have designed, and mediated with, the looks of KiCad for several years and I am afraid the icons that have been submitted are not a step forward. When

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Implement primitive icon scaling for high DPI

2018-01-16 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
t; scaling appropriately. > > > > > -- > *From:* Kicad-developers <kicad-developers-bounces+tom_figueroa= > hotmail@lists.launchpad.net> on behalf of Fabrizio Tappero < > fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Monday, January 15, 2018 3:52:32 AM > *To:* Chris Pavlina &

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Implement primitive icon scaling for high DPI

2018-01-15 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi, Can anybody with a high DPI monitor post some pics at different scaling setting please. An enormous effort was put in making this icons look good in they actual fixed resolution. I am curious how a >250DPI monitor can display icons well regardless of this effort. Cheers Fabrizio On Thu,

Re: [Kicad-developers] Modeless dialog action buttons

2017-12-28 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi, Jeff, when you say "Drill File Generation"... what do you mean? talking about button labels (see below) I have an issue with "Drill File" as well as "Map File" and "Report File". I feel they should be changed into "Generate Drill File" and "Generate Map File", etc. Am I wrong? Suggestions?

Re: [Kicad-developers] [FEATURE] Eeschema Line Styles

2017-11-16 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Seth, Thanks a lot for this! I will definetly use it a lot! Maybe millimeters should be mm? Cheers Fabrizio On Nov 15, 2017 2:18 PM, "jp charras" wrote: Le 15/11/2017 à 01:27, Seth Hillbrand a écrit : > Attached is the updated line styles patchset. This implements

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] LIB_TABLE tweaks

2017-11-16 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
blog post? > > http://kicad-pcb.org/post/symbol-lib-table/ > > On 11/16/2017 5:20 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > > hi Guys, > > I can confirm that the recent lib table commits have made my working > > version of kicad totally unable to open recent schematics > &

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] LIB_TABLE tweaks

2017-11-16 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Guys, hum... my version of kicad is a nightly buid that I heavily use at work and that keep update every now and then. Probably all this started a two years ago or so. I have deleted the lib table and let kicad propose the new one so now all is fine. The only problem I experienced is that the

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Add live footprint filtering in modview window

2017-10-31 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
hi Guys, this is a great feature. It would be a good thing to have a gray suggestion often used in webpages and phone apps. Example here: https://storage.googleapis.com/material-design/publish/material_v_12/assets/0B5ZSepuCX1xOOURmSHNjdktDR28/discoverable-extracted-label1.png cheers Fabrizio

Re: [Kicad-developers] Datasheet confusion

2017-10-16 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Kristoffer, I am a big supporter of this option. I am often in need of showing a datasheet with a right click on component. It would be great to be able to do it in the completed schematic as well as in the completed pcb layout. cheers Fabrizio On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Kristoffer

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Right click option to change layer and render color

2017-09-22 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi, since we talk about the "Visibles" menus. I find current naming a little unusual. I would like to propose the following change. "Visible" -> Eliminate this tirle "Layer" -> "Visible Layers" "Render" -> "Others" Is it just me that I find this naming strange? Does anybody have a better idea?

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] minor icon improvements

2017-09-19 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
gentle reminder. On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Wayne, > reviewed the patch and re-submit here. Changes are: > > 1) "Edit PCB" is now "Edit PCB Layout" > 2) "View GERBER" is now &quo

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Field editor buttons

2017-09-18 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
new ones? Or do I misunderstand what you mean? > > > On 15 Sep 2017 23:45, "Fabrizio Tappero" <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Oliver, > > this patch add 4 new arrow icons (left, right, up, down) that where > already present in kicad. Green button is also pre

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Field editor buttons

2017-09-15 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Dear Oliver, this patch add 4 new arrow icons (left, right, up, down) that where already present in kicad. Green button is also present, just need to be renamed appropriately. I would propose to make use of present icons whenever possible. kicad has now 494 icons that are very difficult to

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] minor icon improvements

2017-09-14 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
io, > > Did you submit a revised patch with the suggestions that I made? I just > looked in the mailing list archives and all I see is the original patch. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 9/12/2017 8:57 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > > gentle reminder > >

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] minor icon improvements

2017-09-12 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
t "Edit PCB Design"? Sounds more > > professional imho. > > I'm fine with "Edit PCB Layout". > > > > > > > Am 29. August 2017 10:04:19 MESZ schrieb Fabrizio Tappero > > <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com>: > > > > Hi Wayne, >

Re: [Kicad-developers] disable icons in menus by default on osx

2017-09-12 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Diogo, thanks for point it our. This has been fixed in a patch that is currently in the pipeline. Cheers Fabrizio On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 7:51 PM, Diogo Condeço wrote: > While personally I won't use icons in the menus if that option is > available to me, I can see

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] minor icon improvements

2017-08-29 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
t the > terminology is coherent between the source and the UI strings. I know > we still have the module/footprint distinction in the Pcbnew source but > at least all of the UI strings are "footprint". > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 8/22/2017 5:47 PM, Fabrizio Tapp

Re: [Kicad-developers] Routing algorithm used in PCB

2017-08-28 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Arun, if yu like you can contribute with the documentation. Regards Fabrizio On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Arun Kumar wrote: > I don't know C++ so unable to contribute and I want to build my own FOSS > app with the languages I know. I always wanted to

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] minor icon improvements

2017-08-22 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Reminder. Regards Fabrizio On Aug 17, 2017 4:42 PM, "Fabrizio Tappero" <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > the following patch does the following: > 1) correct few pcbnew and eeschema menu text entries > 2) add the library table icon (minor look chang

Re: [Kicad-developers] Introducing myself

2017-08-17 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Tarjei, welcome to the community. cheers Fabrizio On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 11:47 PM, Tarjei Knapstad wrote: > Hi all, > > In my recent endeavours to teach myself to create hobbyist PCB's, I've > landed on KiCAD as my weapon of choice (open source, mature,

[Kicad-developers] [PATCH] minor icon improvements

2017-08-17 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
p 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:39:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] library option reviewed and renamed, minor menu text changes --- bitmaps_png/CMakeLists.txt| 1 - bitmaps_png/cpp_26/library_

[Kicad-developers] Fwd: [PATCH] minor icons and text improvement in Archive Footprint Menu bar.

2017-08-15 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Reminder -- Forwarded message -- From: "Fabrizio Tappero" <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> Date: Aug 11, 2017 11:03 AM Subject: [PATCH] minor icons and text improvement in Archive Footprint Menu bar. To: "KiCad Developers" <kicad-developers@li

[Kicad-developers] [PATCH] minor icons and text improvement in Archive Footprint Menu bar.

2017-08-11 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hello, the following patches add two new improved icons (and delete the old one) for the "archive footprint" menu in pcbnew as in the pic: [image: Inline image 1] Cheers Fabrizio From 47dc9d216721baf44bc0822c096adf91132ddc9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabrizio Tappero <

Re: [Kicad-developers] PCBNew, Archive Footprint Menu - suggest better text

2017-08-11 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
12:56 PM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > > Hi Wayne, > > I understand. Maybe somebody else can clear up this issue. > > > > Regarding the "Archive Footprints in Footprint Library Table Entry", I > > am not sure people would actually know what a "library table ent

Re: [Kicad-developers] PCBNew, Archive Footprint Menu - suggest better text

2017-08-10 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
e entry or library > path. At least this would be easier to understand for the user. I > didn't write this code so maybe I am missing something. > > On 8/9/2017 6:24 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > > Hello, > > I am tinkering the appearance of some icons and I would like t

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] minor icon fix

2017-08-10 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
​no worries cheers Fabrizio ​ On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > Fabrizio, > > Much better! I committed your patch. Thank you for your contribution > to KiCad. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 8/9/2017 9:31 AM,

[Kicad-developers] PCBNew, Archive Footprint Menu - suggest better text

2017-08-09 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hello, I am tinkering the appearance of some icons and I would like to improve the following menu by adding specific archive icons and make some of the text a little clearer. This is the current code: //- archive submenu - wxMenu*

Re: [Kicad-developers] Generating the _xpm files uside by icons in eeschema.

2017-07-25 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
that is true. SVG to PNG to CPP requires a linux software called PNGCRUSH https://pmt.sourceforge.io/pngcrush/ cheers Fabrizio On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 9:02 AM, Oliver Walters < oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kristoffer, > > I believe you also have to be compiling under Linux, for

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] correct text inside two importantplot windows

2017-07-24 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
headings read as standalone labels that sit apart > > from the thing they label. > > > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 05:41:59PM +0200, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > >> Hi Wayne, > >> > >> this is an exmaple of the current plot schematic window. > >>

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] correct text inside two importantplot windows

2017-07-21 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
xStaticBoxSizer() strings. There are > a few cases where the string ends with a colon (:) but it's rare. For > the sake of consistency, if you find any cases in the future where this > is true, please remove the trailing colon. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > > On 7/20/201

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] simplied right click menu icons

2017-07-20 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
cheers and sorry for the back and forth. Fabrizio On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 5:33 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > This look good to me. I'm fine with the unified menu icons. If no one > has any objections, I will commit it. > > On 7/20/2017 8:45 AM, Fabr

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] correct text inside two importantplot windows

2017-07-19 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
> > Wayne > > [1]:http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/doxygen/md_Documentation_ > development_ui-policy.html > > On 7/3/2017 4:45 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > > Hi JP, > > thanks for it. I updated my wxformbuilder to the latest (3.6v) > > version. And I fixed the (mm) issue you men

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] simplied right click menu icons

2017-07-19 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Wayne, Thanks for the many messages. I did not know that devs were so into translation... My overall effort is to uniformise the Kicad UI and make it consistent and as correct as possible. Currently in Kicad we are using "Rotate 90 deg CW" and "Rotate 90 deg CCW" in many many menus (see

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] correct text inside two importantplot windows

2017-07-17 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
gentle reminder. cheers Fabrizio On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Fabrizio Tappero < fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi JP, > thanks for it. I updated my wxformbuilder to the latest (3.6v) > version. And I fixed the (mm) issue you mentioned. > > In attachment the

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] simplied right click menu icons

2017-07-17 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
gentle reminder. cheers Fabrizio On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 6:03 PM, Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hello, > following up on the ongoing effort of reducing kicad icons and making > kicad UI more usable I am sending this patch. > > Essentially this p

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] renamed eeschema right click menu "copy" into "duplicate" and some more

2017-07-04 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
ool >> and all related code. >> >> The ctrl-d hotkey is already used in pcbnew so I don't think changing it >> in eeschema makes sense. I would keep 'C' in eeschema for consistency. >> >> I'm OK with the icon changes and the terminology change form "Copy&quo

Re: [Kicad-developers] Copy/Paste/Cut defaults to ctrl + c, v, x as most other software.

2017-07-04 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
great ! thanks a lot Fabrizio On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 6:07 PM, Maciej Sumiński <maciej.sumin...@cern.ch> wrote: > Hi Fabrizio, > > No problem, it is already pushed (split into two commits). Thank you for > the patch! > > Cheers, > Orson > > On 07/03/2017 05:41

Re: [Kicad-developers] Copy/Paste/Cut defaults to ctrl + c, v, x as most other software.

2017-07-03 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Maciej, yes please! I have been busy with some other patch and I could not find the time to get back to this one. I would it really appreciate if you could apply my patch including Weyne comments. Please mind that the same patch includes some copy icon fixes too. Cheers Fabrizio On Mon, Jul

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] correct text inside two importantplot windows

2017-07-03 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi JP, thanks for it. I updated my wxformbuilder to the latest (3.6v) version. And I fixed the (mm) issue you mentioned. In attachment the patch. thank you Fabrizio On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 8:40 PM, jp charras <jp.char...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Le 30/06/2017 à 15:34, Fabrizio Tapper

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] renamed eeschema right click menu "copy" into "duplicate" and some more

2017-06-26 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
't think changing it > in eeschema makes sense. I would keep 'C' in eeschema for consistency. > > I'm OK with the icon changes and the terminology change form "Copy" to > "Duplicate". > > Thanks, > > Wayne > > On 6/20/2017 6:02 AM, Fabrizio Tappero

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] correct text inside two importantplot windows

2017-06-26 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
hi Wayne, sure, no problem. I will fix this patch and send it back to you. cheers Fabrizio On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 6:45 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/22/2017 3:48 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > > Hi Wayne, > > thanks for taking the time to r

[Kicad-developers] [PATCH] renamed eeschema right click menu "copy" into "duplicate" and some more

2017-06-20 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
irror" global icon. 8) replaced eeschema right click menu "delete_text" icon with more global "delete" icon Cheers Fabrizio From 20101438915447ca543a7e7eadedfb3d91e25227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 20

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] hierarchy navigator icon moved where it belongs

2017-06-17 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
fulfilled by the hierarchical nav dialog. cheers Fabrizio On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/17/2017 8:11 AM, jp charras wrote: > > Le 17/06/2017 à 13:38, Fabrizio Tappero a écrit : > >> Hi guys, > >> I'd

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] hierarchy navigator icon moved where it belongs

2017-06-17 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi guys, I'd like to reminder that this patch is still pending. I would love it to be applied. cheers Fabrizio On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Fabrizio Tappero < fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > I moved the hierarchy navigator icon next to the other two hierarchy ico

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposal to change "Copy" to "Duplicate"

2017-06-17 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
n > My Opinion) "Open footprint viewer". > > 2. The tooltips for selecting the current library have "Select active > library" or "Select working library". I would prefer "working" but would > prefer consistency more! > > 3. The Save option

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposal to change "Copy" to "Duplicate"

2017-06-16 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Ruth, thanks for your feedack. I put quite some energy in trying to fix UI problems. I just need a little bit more time... ;-) It would be great if your could provide clear suggestions about those hidden functionalities. cheers Fabrizio On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 4:27 PM,

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposal to change "Copy" to "Duplicate"

2017-06-16 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
; > On 6/15/2017 6:02 AM, Simon Richter wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> On 15.06.2017 10:17, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > >> > >>> Inline image 1 > >>> I would like to propose to rename the "Copy Block" into "Duplicate > >>

[Kicad-developers] Proposal to change "Copy" to "Duplicate"

2017-06-15 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
hello, inside the schematic editor, this is the right click menu when a group of component is selected [image: Inline image 1] I would like to propose to rename the "Copy Block" into "Duplicate Block" and add to it the shortcut D. Possible? does it make sense? the shortcut D seems available but

[Kicad-developers] [PATCH] hierarchy navigator icon moved where it belongs

2017-06-08 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
not find a way to do that. Maybe some wxwidget person can advise. [image: Inline image 2] cheers Fabrizio >From 6ffa93414e2076dc048769eee48581abcb2f1634 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 09:56:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH]

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Reunion of zoom toolbar buttons

2017-06-07 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
.it> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 04:07:09PM +0200, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > > Hi Wayne, > > there are some little tiny quirks like this in kicad. It is just > > matter of time and we will fix them all ! > > Perhaps also the two very similar hirarchy buttons could

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] properly read default PDF viewer and use (under Linux Debian)

2017-06-07 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Wayne, I guess this is what you want cheers Fabrizio pdf-vieweer-inside-main-k.patch >From 544416795fed2492b3ffa96b4b2c92285ce5071e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 17:35:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] read and use default

Re: [Kicad-developers] pull default PDF viewer

2017-06-07 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
> Documentation" in Eeschema opens the documentation file defined by the > symbol library (LIB_PART) rather than the documentation file defined by > the schematic symbol (SCH_COMPONENT). This needs to be fixed as well. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 6/7/201

[Kicad-developers] [PATCH] properly read default PDF viewer and use (under Linux Debian)

2017-06-07 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
rom b3aa02b874476ae9f25311b4525e03b635091ed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 16:43:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] default pdf reader is now properly detected unider Linux --- common/gestfich.cpp | 11 --- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7

Re: [Kicad-developers] pull default PDF viewer

2017-06-07 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
tion. I would try it myself but > I'm at work and don't have access to a linux system. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > [1]: > http://docs.wxwidgets.org/trunk/group__group__funcmacro__misc.html# > ga04038d4c78e4c111d018b8f82b2d66c3 > > On 6/7/2017 3:37 AM, Fabrizio Ta

Re: [Kicad-developers] pull default PDF viewer

2017-06-07 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
/6/2017 4:17 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > > ​Apologies for presenting this problem again and again > > > > I think this topic came up too many times but (on my linux system) the > > default PDF viewer is not pulled correctly by kiCad. From the terminal: > > > >

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Standard field for manufacturer part number in schematic symbols

2017-06-06 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
​Hi there,​ Just in case somebody does not know what JP means here, I share my personal ​ preference setting​ : KiCad - Schematic - Preferences - Schematic Editor Options - Default Fields ​[image: Inline image 1]​ I personally think that JP suggestion is the solution to the basic problem that

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Reunion of zoom toolbar buttons

2017-06-06 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Wayne, there are some little tiny quirks like this in kicad. It is just matter of time and we will fix them all ! cheers Fabrizio On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > Bernhard, > > I committed your patch. Good catch. I never even noticed this

[Kicad-developers] pull default PDF viewer

2017-06-06 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
​Apologies for presenting this problem again and again I think this topic came up too many times but (on my linux system) the default PDF viewer is not pulled correctly by kiCad. From the terminal: $ cat /usr/share/applications/defaults.list | grep pdf

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Reunion of zoom toolbar buttons

2017-06-06 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
totally needed patch! cheers Fabrizio On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 8:17 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier wrote: > Hi, > > I use KiCad for some while now, but I only recently noticed that there is > a “zoom to selection” function/button in the right toolbox. > Don’t know why, maybe

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] kicad right click menu corrections and few icons corrections

2017-06-06 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
t; > > 2017-05-30 17:17 GMT+02:00 Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com > >: > >> here you go. > >> > >> Fabrizio > >> > >> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> >

Re: [Kicad-developers] menu icons

2017-06-06 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
hi, on (probably last) linux mint, menu icons work well and are 100% controlled t the preference option. cheers Fabrizio On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Marco Ciampa wrote: > On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 05:37:32PM -0500, José Ignacio wrote: > > Menu icons are disabled by

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] kicad right click menu corrections and few icons corrections

2017-06-02 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
need further input from the user to proceed, showing a modal > dialog shouldn't be enough to warrant adding the ellipsis (though I've seen > several programs be ellipsis-happy and put it on everything that calls a > dialog...) > > On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Fabrizio Tappero <

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] kicad right click menu corrections and few icons corrections

2017-06-02 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
wrote: > Le 30/05/2017 à 14:54, Fabrizio Tappero a écrit : > > Hello Wayne, > > In attachment you can find a good review of approx 30 icons and a global > > simplification of approx 30 icons. > > I have also corrected some menu labels. > > > > Since the

Re: [Kicad-developers] Hello & Questions to future Administration of Python Plugins

2017-06-02 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Simon, footprint library components are not very problematic for me because there are already so many in the standard kicad lib. In that department I feel it would be great to just add aliases so that when some manufacturer decides that a diode SOD123 should be called XYZ I can just look for

Re: [Kicad-developers] Hello & Questions to future Administration of Python Plugins

2017-06-02 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Simon, welcome to the group! Reading your interesting email I decided to write to you. I am interested as well in the python functionality for the purpose of implementing killing functionalities. via-fence generator is certainly an interesting thing. I spend long hours doing schematics at

[Kicad-developers] did something happened?

2017-06-01 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
hi guys, I am experiencing a very low email traffic in this mailing list. Did something happened? cheers Fabrizio ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe :

Re: [Kicad-developers] Patch: Open Datasheet in Project Dir

2017-05-31 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Cheng, Don't worry you are doing just fine. Whenever somebody submits a patch, he does exactly what you did. Normally it takes some days for the patch to get submitted because in these days several people express opinions and feedback, as in your case. If nobody is against it and if the

[Kicad-developers] [PATCH] kicad right click menu corrections and few icons corrections

2017-05-30 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hello Wayne, In attachment you can find a good review of approx 30 icons and a global simplification of approx 30 icons. I have also corrected some menu labels. Since there is a lot of corrected text that is very much related to English, it would be great if you could review it before submitting

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Bugfix for component table

2017-05-24 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
e in the .lib file. This seems to be much more of a source > of confusion to me. > > On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Cirilo Bernardo < > cirilo.berna...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> >> wrote: &

Re: [Kicad-developers] {PATCH] Icon tweaks

2017-05-04 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
/new_icons_rebased > > This branch was reworked and now it looks like patch sets over master > branch. I'm periodically apply the rebasing, so be careful if you planing > to use it. > > 2017-05-03 11:59 GMT+03:00 Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com>: > >> Hi kon

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Application naming

2017-04-10 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi Guys, I actually did propose to change the names of the kicad tools few years ago. I personally think: - all kicad tools should be renamed with 100% priority to users. Hence, for example, the schematic editor should be called "schematic editor". - rename kicad itself would also be a good idea

Re: [Kicad-developers] Fwd: [PATCH] 3 better icons

2017-04-04 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
to be changed but > just something to think about. > > Thanks, > > Wayne > > On 4/3/2017 8:53 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > > Dear Wayne, > > apologize for generating these kind of problems. I have rebased it and > > generated a new patch of all 4 new icons. >

Re: [Kicad-developers] Fwd: [PATCH] 3 better icons

2017-04-03 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Please rebase and repost it. > > Thanks, > > Wayne > > On 3/28/2017 12:37 PM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > > gentle reminder > > > > regards > > Fabrizio > > > > > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > > From: *Fabrizio

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] better UI experience (properties window)

2017-04-01 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
thanks a lot Wayne, cheers Fabrizio On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > Fabrizio, > > I pushed your patch to the master branch. Thank you for your contribution. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 3/30/2017 7:28 AM, Fab

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Measurement tool for GAL

2017-03-30 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
grid is unwanted. > > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 7:07 AM, Kevin Cozens <ke...@ve3syb.ca> wrote: > >> On 2017-03-28 03:25 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: >> >>> this ruler (caliper icon) does look really good. >>> >> [snip] >> >>> It is oft

[Kicad-developers] Fwd: [PATCH] new measurement (caliper) icon

2017-03-28 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
gentle reminder. Sorry I do not want to be insistent at all it is just that I will loose track of these patches. Regards Fabrizio -- Forwarded message -- From: Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 4:47 PM Subject: [PATCH] new measu

[Kicad-developers] Fwd: [PATCH] 3 better icons

2017-03-28 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
gentle reminder regards Fabrizio -- Forwarded message -- From: Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 4:25 PM Subject: [PATCH] 3 better icons To: KiCad Developers <kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> Hello, like in the p

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Measurement tool for GAL

2017-03-28 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Hi guys, this ruler (caliper icon) does look really good. Is there anyway to have it available in the 2D/3D viewer when a footprint is chosen (inside the library browser)? It is often a good idea to have a way to measure footprint size. cheers Fabrizio On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Maciej

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] better UI experience (properties window)

2017-03-27 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
here the current look [image: Inline image 1] On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 6:17 PM, Fabrizio Tappero < fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Wayne, > sure no problem. Here you go. > > Let me know if you want something else to be changed. > > cheers > Fabrizio > PS I

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