diff --git a/eeschema/dialogs/dialog_bom_help_md.h b/eeschema/dialogs/dialog_bom_help_md.h deleted file mode 100644 index d0cd203bbd..0000000000 --- a/eeschema/dialogs/dialog_bom_help_md.h +++ /dev/null @@ -1,145 +0,0 @@ -// Do not edit this file, it is autogenerated by CMake from the .md file -_HKI( "# 1 - Full documentation\n" -"\n" -"The Eeschema documentation (*eeschema.html*) describes this intermediate netlist and gives examples(chapter ***creating customized netlists and bom files***).\n" -"\n" -"# 2 - The intermediate Netlist File\n" -"\n" -"BOM files (and netlist files) can be created from an *Intermediate netlist file* created by Eeschema.\n" -"\n" -"This file uses XML syntax and is called the intermediate netlist. The intermediate netlist includes a large amount of data about your board and because of this, it can be used with post-processing to create a BOM or other reports.\n" -"\n" -"Depending on the output (BOM or netlist), different subsets of the complete Intermediate Netlist file will be used in the post-processing.\n" -"\n" -"# 3 - Conversion to a new format\n" -"\n" -"By applying a post-processing filter to the Intermediate netlist file you can generate foreign netlist files as well as BOM files. Because this conversion is a text to text transformation, this post-processing filter can be written using *Python*, *XSLT*, or any other tool capable of taking XML as input.\n" -"\n" -"XSLT itself is a XML language suitable for XML transformations. There is a free program called `xsltproc` that you can download and install. The `xsltproc` program can be used to read the Intermediate XML netlist input file, apply a style-sheet to transform the input, and save the results in an output file. Use of `xsltproc` requires a style-sheet file using XSLT conventions. The full conversion process is handled by Eeschema, after it is configured once to run `xsltproc` in a specific way.\n" -"\n" -"A Python script is somewhat more easy to create.\n" -"\n" -"# 4 - Initialization of the dialog window\n" -"\n" -"You should add a new plugin (a script) in the plugin list by clicking on the Add Plugin button.\n" -"\n" -"## 4.1 - Plugin Configuration Parameters\n" -"\n" -"The Eeschema plug-in configuration dialog requires the following information:\n" -"\n" -" * The title: for instance, the name of the netlist format.\n" -" * The command line to launch the converter (usually a script).\n" -"\n" -"***Note (Windows only):***\n" -"*By default, the command line runs with hidden console window and output is redirected to \"Plugin info\" field. To show the window of the running command, set the checkbox \"Show console window\".*\n" -"\n" -"Once you click on the generate button the following will happen:\n" -"\n" -"1. Eeschema creates an intermediate netlist file \\*.xml, for instance `test.xml`.\n" -"2. Eeschema runs the script from the command line to create the final output file.\n" -"\n" -"## 4.2 - Generate netlist files with the command line\n" -"\n" -"Assuming we are using the program `xsltproc.exe` to apply the sheet style to the intermediate file, `xsltproc.exe` is executed with the following command.\n" -"\n" -"```\n" -"xsltproc.exe -o \n" -"```\n" -"\n" -"On Windows the command line is the following.\n" -"\n" -"```\n" -"f:/kicad/bin/xsltproc.exe -o \"%O\" f:/kicad/bin/plugins/myconverter.xsl \"%I\"\n" -"```\n" -"\n" -"On Linux the command becomes as following.\n" -"\n" -"```\n" -"xsltproc -o \"%O\" /usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins/myconverter .xsl \"%I\"\n" -"```\n" -"where `myconverter.xsl` is the style-sheet that you are applying.\n" -"\n" -"Do not forget the double quotes around the file names, this allows them to have spaces after the substitution by Eeschema.\n" -"\n" -"If a Python script is used, the command line is something like (depending on the Python script):\n" -"\n" -"```\n" -"python f:/kicad/bin/plugins/bom-in-python/myconverter.py \"%I\" \"%O\"\n" -"```\n" -"\n" -"or\n" -"\n" -"```\n" -"python /usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins/bom-in-python/myconverter .xsl \"%I\" \"%O\"\n" -"```\n" -"\n" -"The command line format accepts parameters for filenames. The supported formatting parameters are:\n" -"\n" -" * `%B`: base filename of selected output file, minus path and extension.\n" -" * `%P`: project directory, without name and without trailing '/'.\n" -" * `%I`: complete filename and path of the temporary input file\n" -"(the intermediate net file).\n" -" * `%O`: complete filename and path (but without extension) of the user\n" -"chosen output file.\n" -"\n" -"`%I` will be replaced by the actual intermediate file name (usually the full root sheet filename with extension \".xml\").\n" -"`%O` will be replaced by the actual output file name (the full root sheet filename minus extension).\n" -"`%B` will be replaced by the actual output short file name (the short root sheet filename minus extension).\n" -"`%P` will be replaced by the actual current project path.\n" -"\n" -"## 4.3 - Command line format:\n" -"\n" -"### 4.3.1 - Remark:\n" -"\n" -"Most of time, the created file must have an extension, depending on its type.\n" -"Therefore you have to add to the option ***%O*** the right file extension.\n" -"\n" -"For instance:\n" -"\n" -" * **%O.csv** to create a .csv file (comma separated value file).\n" -" * **%O.htm** to create a .html file.\n" -" * **%O.bom** to create a .bom file.\n" -"\n" -"### 4.3.2 Example for xsltproc:\n" -"\n" -"The command line format for xsltproc is the following:\n" -"\n" -"```\n" -" xsltproc \n" -"```\n" -"\n" -"On Windows:\n" -"```\n" -"f:/kicad/bin/xsltproc.exe -o \"%O.bom\" f:/kicad/bin/plugins/netlist_form_pads-pcb.xsl \"%I\"\n" -"```\n" -"\n" -"On Linux:\n" -"```\n" -"xsltproc -o \"%O.bom\" /usr/local/kicad/bin/plugins/netlist_form_pads-pcb.xsl \"%I\"\n" -"```\n" -"\n" -"The above examples assume `xsltproc` is installed on your PC under Windows and xsl files located in `/kicad/bin/plugins/`.\n" -"\n" -"\n" -"### 4.3.3 Example for Python scripts:\n" -"\n" -"Assuming python is installed on your PC, and python scripts are located in\n" -"\n" -" `/kicad/bin/plugins/bom-in-python/`,\n" -"\n" -"the command line format for python is something like:\n" -"\n" -"```\n" -"python