There are some headers which don't need to include pad.h (which brings
padstack.h) - they just need forward defines.
While pad.h is not an especially heavy include on the scale of things,
footprint is quite heavy. And both reduce inclusion load and
reduce the number of files needlessly sensitive to changes in headers.
This creates a new panel under Footprint Editor preferences that
contains the user layer count dropdown and the named layers grid.
The user layer count setting now controls how many unnamed user layers
appear in the footprint editor. Setting it to zero hides all unnamed
user layers unless they are used by the loaded footprint or have been
given a custom name.
The KIFACE footprint filtering function now correctly matches filters
using the same pattern as FOOTPRINT_FILTER. Patterns and footprint
names are lowercased for case-insensitive comparison. Filters
containing a colon (e.g., Resistor_SMD:R_*) now include the library
nickname in the match string, allowing library-scoped filtering to
work correctly.
The symbol chooser's footprint dropdown now fetches filtered results from
pcbnew via KIWAY instead of requiring direct access to FOOTPRINT_LIST.
Filter criteria (pin count, footprint patterns) are serialized as JSON,
sent to pcbnew, and matching footprints are returned as a JSON array.
The filtering uses preloaded footprints from the adapter rather than
re-reading from disk, which eliminates the main performance bottleneck
when selecting symbols.
Tree adapters now call GetFootprints() directly instead of going through
GFootprintList and its cache file. FOOTPRINT implements LIB_TREE_ITEM so
footprint objects work directly in library tree displays similar to
LIB_SYMBOL.
Removed cache read/write calls from files.cpp, footprint_edit_frame.cpp,
and pcb_base_edit_frame.cpp. The footprint chooser uses AsyncLoad() and
BlockUntilLoaded() to ensure libraries are ready before building trees.
GFootprintList still exists for cvpcb and eeschema cross-module access
via KIWAY, but no longer reads or writes cache files.
(It was on Footprint Defaults, which didn't make
any sense. Probably just ended up there because
there was similar code there.)
Also fixed a bug with accepting the dialog with
a grid cell editor open.
Also fixed a bug where the number of copper layers
would get set back to 2.
Also fixed a bug where the layer names weren't
getting updated in the Appearances tab.
* Manage the settings using the settings manager for better lifetimes
* Better architect the internals and JSON to make it easier to identify
the various tool types
Recommendation is to avoid using the year nomenclature as this
information is already encoded in the git repo. Avoids needing to
repeatly update.
Also updates AUTHORS.txt from current repo with contributor names
This prevents the dialog growing too much and going off a
smaller screen. It's also more consistent split to match
Pcbnew, which has the same graphical items settings and
allows more granular resetting and avoids confusing settings
that only apply to new footprints with settings that apply
to items with in a footprint.
Resetting is also then more granular, so you can reset text item
defaults without, say, also resetting your default line widths.
Create 2 wrappers for it: DIALOG_FOOTPRINT_CHOOSER and
FOOTPRINT_CHOOSER_FRAME. The first now gets called from wxGrid
editors, text button editors (such as Change Footprints), etc.
Retire FOOTPRINT_VIEWER_FRAME_MODAL. FOOTPRINT_VIEWER_FRAME still
exists, but has very few uses at this point.
Most of these settings are now available in the appearances panel.
It was concluded in a Zulip discussion that any missing items can
be added back in time if people find they need them (ie: complain).
Also hooks up 3DViewer to the common language framework.
Settings loading needs to account for potential chaining, so each
instance should be created before being Load()ed. Additionally, add the
settings loading to QA
John Beard