Re: [Kicad-developers] Why has my name been removed from the translators-Other credits?

2022-01-07 Thread David J S Briscoe
Hi, Could you please change my name to David J S Briscoe (there are a few David Briscoe's around and this could cause confusion)ready for the 6.01 release after 11th January 2022. Could you also please chang e it in the 6.99 nightly version. Thanks. David J S Briscoe On 24/12/2021

Re: [Kicad-developers] Why has my name been removed from the translators-Other credits?

2021-12-24 Thread David J S Briscoe
Thank you Mikolaj. For taking care of this. David. On 24/12/2021 20:01, Mikołaj Wielgus wrote: David, I've restored the Translator-Other section, along with your name, in 6.0 and master branches. It shouldn't have been removed in the first place. Unfortunately indeed this will only appear in s

Re: [Kicad-developers] Why has my name been removed from the translators-Other credits?

2021-12-18 Thread David J S Briscoe
wrote: Hi David- I'm sorry for the issue.  We removed the Translator-other section as it wasn't associated with a language. Was there a language you should be listed with? Again, my apologies for the confusion Seth On Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 9:24 PM David J S Briscoe wrote: Hi

Re: [Kicad-developers] Why has my name been removed from the translators-Other credits?

2021-12-17 Thread David J S Briscoe
1, 9:24 PM David J S Briscoe wrote: Hi, I've noticed that the category translators-Other (along with my name) has been removed from the latest version 6.0 RC2 credits. Why has this happened? Please explain. Thank you. Regards, David J S Briscoe PS I can send pr

[Kicad-developers] Why has my name been removed from the translators-Other credits?

2021-12-17 Thread David J S Briscoe
Hi, I've noticed that the category translators-Other (along with my name) has been removed from the latest version 6.0 RC2 credits. Why has this happened? Please explain. Thank you. Regards, David J S Briscoe PS I can send proof of my contribution to the project if req

Re: [Kicad-developers] Please change name from David Briscoe to David J S Briscoe in help > About KiCad > translators > Others

2020-12-26 Thread David J S Briscoe
25/12/2020 14:05, Seth Hillbrand wrote: Done. Thank you for your contributions! Best- Seth On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 1:43 AM David J S Briscoe mailto:da...@djsbriscoe.vispa.com>> wrote: Hello, Could someone please change my name from David Briscoe To David J S Bris

[Kicad-developers] Please change name from David Briscoe to David J S Briscoe in help > About KiCad > translators > Others

2020-12-25 Thread David J S Briscoe
Hello, Could someone please change my name from David Briscoe To David J S Briscoe in Help > About KiCad > Translators > Others This is to distinguish my self from other people with a similar name and to avoid any confusion. Please do this when it is convenient. Thanks. Regard

Re: [Kicad-developers] Intel video drivers on linux

2017-12-28 Thread David J S Briscoe
On 28/12/2017 19:30, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: I know this is not specifically a kicad development question but I am in the market for a new laptop before the end of the year and figured this might be the best place to ask. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with intel graphics chips (nam

[Kicad-developers] Kicad/Ngspice demo or example files

2017-05-28 Thread David J S Briscoe
Hello, First of all please let me apologise for using this list for such a request. There doesn't seem to be a lot of people using Kicad for Spice simulation. I have just started using this functionality with the nightly version of Kicad and I've started with simple passive components and I'

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad annoyances and niggles

2015-09-05 Thread David J S Briscoe
On 01/09/2015 09:28, jp charras wrote: Le 31/08/2015 21:25, David J S Briscoe a écrit : I've just been playing with V6132 of PCBNEW. I have a number of small observations. 1/ In the layer manager toolbar the Top and Bottom layer are named Composant and Cuivre. Why is this even though

[Kicad-developers] Kicad annoyances and niggles

2015-08-31 Thread David J S Briscoe
I've just been playing with V6132 of PCBNEW. I have a number of small observations. 1/ In the layer manager toolbar the Top and Bottom layer are named Composant and Cuivre. Why is this even though I am using English as my language? 2/ The same words are used for the top and bottom layer in th

[Kicad-developers] Spelling mistake (nessessary instead of necessary) in Kicad windows installer setup window.

2015-08-29 Thread David J S Briscoe
Just thought I'd mention that necessary is misspelt on the Windows installer set-up screen (R6132). I'd fix it myself if I could but don't know how. Thanks. David. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-develope

Re: [Kicad-developers] Stable release update.

2015-06-20 Thread David J S Briscoe
/blob/master/src/KiCad/KiCad.adoc Martin On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 10:21 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 09:14:14PM +0100, David J S Briscoe wrote: [snip] I'm afraid I will screw up the files on Github so probably better for me to do it the old fashioned way. Who can I send

Re: [Kicad-developers] Stable release update.

2015-06-20 Thread David J S Briscoe
On 20/06/2015 21:00, Marco Ciampa wrote: On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 08:22:23PM +0100, David J S Briscoe wrote: I'm willing to have a look at some of the grammar in the English documentation (some of it may be my fault anyway-I helped with the original French to English translation ages ago)

Re: [Kicad-developers] Stable release update.

2015-06-20 Thread David J S Briscoe
On 20/06/2015 19:46, Nick Østergaard wrote: 2015-06-20 19:57 GMT+02:00 Nick Østergaard : Den 20/06/2015 18.58 skrev "Wayne Stambaugh" : We are getting closer to the stable release branch. I am on vacation from June 27th to July 5th so I will be making a big push to create a stable release cand

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad-Winbuilder-Could not find GLEW

2015-01-17 Thread David J S Briscoe
On 17/01/2015 16:06, Nick Østergaard wrote: I don't know about the glew error with winbuilder, but maybe you did not install libwebkitgtk-dev on mint. 2015-01-17 13:40 GMT+01:00 David J S Briscoe : I thought I'd give Kicad-Winbuilder 3.4.2.7 a try on Windows 7 as I can not build Ki

[Kicad-developers] Will the opening of Eagle xml based pcb files ever be possible again?

2014-11-23 Thread David J S Briscoe
I noticed that Eagle XML based PCB files are no longer able to be opened like they once where. Is this capability ever going to reappear? What happened to this feature? Is a future plug-in possible? PCBNew was able to open version 6 files but now Eagle is at Version 7.1 does this make any diff

Re: [Kicad-developers] How to become a team member?

2014-04-23 Thread David J S Briscoe
On 23/04/2014 19:18, Jean-Paul Louis wrote: Dick, After seeing your website, I am amazed that you even had spare time to dedicate to Kicad, I am familiar with the kind of product you develop as I have been using hundreds of those in a previous job where the company was manufacturing electronic

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad-Winbuilder Release 3.0

2013-09-08 Thread David J S Briscoe
On 08/09/2013 00:38, Miguel Angel wrote: Congratulations, good work Brian :) Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo http://www.nbee.es +34 636 52 25 69 skype: ajoajoajo 2013/9/8 Brian Sidebotham > Hi Guys, I have rolled a release, V3.0 of KiCad-Winbuilder. I've p

[Kicad-developers] Panelising gerber files in Gerbview-Will this ever be possible?

2012-07-28 Thread David J S Briscoe
Hi, I really need a way of importing gerberfiles into Gerbview and panellizing them/arranging them in a uniform manner within a fixed board area (preferably in an automated way). I need this so I can collect Gerber and drill files files submitted by students together and place them in a 9 inch by 1

Re: [Kicad-developers] Errors compiling revision 3543

2012-05-05 Thread David J S Briscoe
On 05/05/2012 12:02, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 11:42:05AM +0100, David J S Briscoe wrote: >> If you need any more info I will be pleased to supply it. >> Thanks > It would be useful to actually know what the error was... are you sure there > isn

[Kicad-developers] Errors compiling revision 3543

2012-05-05 Thread David J S Briscoe
Hi, Just got these errors when using Kicad-winbuilder for release 3543 >From make_release_stderr.log Build testing (unstable) version of Kicad mingw32-make[2]: *** [bitmaps_png/CMakeFiles/bitmaps.dir/cpp_16/pinorient_right.cpp.obj] Error 1 mingw32-make[1]: *** [bitmaps_png/CMakeFiles/bitmaps.dir/

Re: [Kicad-developers] Donating serverspace + confluence + gliffy

2012-04-09 Thread David J S Briscoe
On 09/04/2012 07:13, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote: > >I just offer this here, not sure if it could be interesting (I > think it could, as I see it as a productivity boost) > >In the last year I started using Confluence (+JIRA + gliffy) in > my little-tiny company, > and it was a r

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few strategy suggestions for the project

2012-03-29 Thread David J S Briscoe
On 29/03/2012 09:53, Fabrizio Tappero wrote: > Hello guys, > is money coming from companies the only way an open-source project can > be financed with? > > Regards > Fabrizio > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo > wrote: >> Hi Dick, I find good that you share all this wi

[Kicad-developers] Using Kicad at Brunel University

2012-03-03 Thread David J S Briscoe
Dear All, I am an Electronics Technician employed in the School of Engineering and Design at Brunel University in the UK. I am a long time user of KiCAD and I have been trying to encourage it's use by students (and staff) in my lab. We are about to introduce the use of an LPKF S62 pcb router in the

[Kicad-developers] How can I use Doxygen to understand Kicad Source code?

2012-02-25 Thread David J S Briscoe
Hi, I would in the fullness of time like to contribute to Kicad source code. But first I have to learn C++. How can I supplement my learning by using Kicad source as an example? In particular how do I properly use Doxygen to help in my understanding? Thank you. David.

[Kicad-developers] OT: Extracting board dimension from a Gerber board outline file.

2012-01-21 Thread David J S Briscoe
Hi, I need to produce a small application that can examine the contents of a board outline gerber file produced by PCBNEW. The application needs to read the gerber file and extract the X and Y co-ordinates and spit out the actual board size. Is it possible to extract a board size from the followi

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad-winbuilder script failing on build 3290

2011-12-10 Thread David J S Briscoe
On 10/12/2011 14:58, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 12/10/2011 7:54 AM, David J S Briscoe wrote: >> Hi, >> I've just posted this message to the kicad-users group >> >> >> >> Hi, >> Just tried to build kicad with the kicad-winbuilder script. >

[Kicad-developers] kicad-winbuilder script failing on build 3290

2011-12-10 Thread David J S Briscoe
Hi, I've just posted this message to the kicad-users group Hi, Just tried to build kicad with the kicad-winbuilder script. It fails with these messages in the following logs make_release_stderr.log Build testing (unstable) version of Kicad mingw32-make[2]: *** [3d-viewer/CMakeFiles/3d-

[Kicad-developers] Kicad and QUCS-State of play

2011-08-13 Thread David J S Briscoe
Hi, I notice from the latest snapshot that some of the code from QUCS has been modified and incorporated into the PCB_CALCULATOR plug in. Will this collaboration continue or is it a one off effort? Is there any involvement of Stefan Jahn and Michael Margraf. I only ask as I would really like it if

[Kicad-developers] Of interest?

2011-03-05 Thread David J S Briscoe
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Host-Your-Open-Source-Software-2221461.S.45833610 ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help

Re: [Kicad-developers] Latest version will not install on WinXP

2011-01-25 Thread David J S Briscoe
On 25/01/2011 07:53, jean-pierre charras wrote: > Le 23/01/2011 18:13, David J S Briscoe a écrit : >> I have just downloaded the latest release version RC4 and on trying to >> install >> the program I receive the message >> >> KICAD INSTALLER HAS ENCOUNTERED

[Kicad-developers] Latest version will not install on WinXP

2011-01-23 Thread David J S Briscoe
I have just downloaded the latest release version RC4 and on trying to install the program I receive the message KICAD INSTALLER HAS ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM. I am using WINXP PRO. I have uninstalled the stable version of Kicad but this makes no difference. David _

[Kicad-developers] Yahoo kicad-devel group closed today

2010-04-24 Thread David J S Briscoe
To All, Just thought I'd let everyone know that the kicad-devel group has been closed today. Thanks. David. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.n