User-defined helper apps to open third party files in Kicad Manager frame

Bug #1819756 reported by Hildo Guillardi Júnior
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
KiCad
Fix Released
Unknown

Bug Description

The KiCas APP file three show all the files present at the project folder, such PDF and HTML...
PDF are already opened by the default PDF viewer of the OS system. So, HTML files and other files not recognized by KiCad could have the same behavior.

Application: kicad
Version: 5.1.0-unknown-61567d3~82~ubuntu16.04.1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.2
    libcurl/7.47.0 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.32 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 4.4.0-142-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24
    Boost: 1.58.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.8.0
    Curl: 7.47.0
    Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 with C++ ABI 1009

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

Rene Poeschl (poeschlr)
summary: - Open other files of three in KiCad app
+ Offer options to open further third party files
Changed in kicad:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
zakhar nasimov (thedocument) wrote : Re: Offer options to open further third party files

List based file types are ideal. Kicad provides user inputs for filetype suffix, path to binary and program description this permits more usability with less obstructions.

Jeff Young (jeyjey)
summary: - Offer options to open further third party files
+ User-define helper apps to open third party files in Kicad Manager frame
summary: - User-define helper apps to open third party files in Kicad Manager frame
+ User-defined helper apps to open third party files in Kicad Manager
+ frame
tags: added: feature.request
Revision history for this message
KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor) wrote :

KiCad bug tracker has moved to Gitlab. This report is now available here: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2357

Changed in kicad:
status: Triaged → Expired
Changed in kicad:
importance: Wishlist → Unknown
status: Expired → New
Changed in kicad:
status: New → Fix Released
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