Add EDA_BASE_FRAME::Show() and call SaveSettings() only from there for all derived wxFrames. Remove calls to SaveSettings() elsewhere.

3d-viewer/3d_frame.cpp

@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ void EDA_3D_FRAME::Exit3DFrame( wxCommandEvent& event )
 
 void EDA_3D_FRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& Event )
 {
-    SaveSettings();
-
     if( Parent() )
         Parent()->m_Draw3DFrame = NULL;
 

common/basicframe.cpp

@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@
 #define DEFAULT_AUTO_SAVE_INTERVAL 600
 
 
-const wxChar* traceAutoSave = wxT( "KicadAutoSave" );
+const wxChar traceAutoSave[] = wxT( "KicadAutoSave" );
 
 /// Configuration file entry name for auto save interval.
-static const wxChar* entryAutoSaveInterval = wxT( "AutoSaveInterval" );
+static const wxChar entryAutoSaveInterval[] = wxT( "AutoSaveInterval" );
 
 /// Configuration file entry for wxAuiManger perspective.
-static const wxChar* entryPerspective = wxT( "Perspective" );
+static const wxChar entryPerspective[] = wxT( "Perspective" );
 
 
 
@@ -141,6 +141,19 @@ bool EDA_BASE_FRAME::ProcessEvent( wxEvent& aEvent )
 }
 
 
+bool EDA_BASE_FRAME::Show( bool show )
+{
+    if( !show )     // closing
+    {
+        SaveSettings();     // virtual, wxFrame specific
+    }
+
+    int ret = wxFrame::Show( show );
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 void EDA_BASE_FRAME::onAutoSaveTimer( wxTimerEvent& aEvent )
 {
     if( !doAutoSave() )
@@ -231,7 +244,7 @@ void EDA_BASE_FRAME::SaveSettings()
     wxString    text;
     wxConfig*   config = wxGetApp().GetSettings();
 
-    if( ( config == NULL ) || IsIconized() )
+    if( !config || IsIconized() )
         return;
 
     m_FrameSize = GetSize();
@@ -258,10 +271,15 @@ void EDA_BASE_FRAME::SaveSettings()
         config->Write( text, m_autoSaveInterval );
     }
 
-    // Once this is fully implemented, wxAuiManager will be used to maintain the persistance of
-    // the main frame and all it's managed windows and all of the legacy frame persistence
-    // position code can be removed.
-    config->Write( m_FrameName + entryPerspective, m_auimgr.SavePerspective() );
+    // Once this is fully implemented, wxAuiManager will be used to maintain
+    // the persistance of the main frame and all it's managed windows and
+    // all of the legacy frame persistence position code can be removed.
+    wxString perspective = m_auimgr.SavePerspective();
+
+    // printf( "perspective(%s): %s\n",
+    //    TO_UTF8( m_FrameName + entryPerspective ), TO_UTF8( perspective ) );
+
+    config->Write( m_FrameName + entryPerspective, perspective );
 }
 
 
@@ -270,6 +288,7 @@ void EDA_BASE_FRAME::PrintMsg( const wxString& text )
     SetStatusText( text );
 }
 
+
 void EDA_BASE_FRAME::UpdateFileHistory( const wxString& FullFileName,
                                         wxFileHistory * aFileHistory )
 {
@@ -283,7 +302,7 @@ void EDA_BASE_FRAME::UpdateFileHistory( const wxString& FullFileName,
 
 
 wxString EDA_BASE_FRAME::GetFileFromHistory( int cmdId, const wxString& type,
-                                             wxFileHistory * aFileHistory )
+                                             wxFileHistory* aFileHistory )
 {
     wxString fn, msg;
     size_t   i;

cvpcb/class_DisplayFootprintsFrame.cpp

@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ void DISPLAY_FOOTPRINTS_FRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& event )
     if( m_Draw3DFrame )
         m_Draw3DFrame->Close( true );
 
-    SaveSettings();
     Destroy();
 }
 

cvpcb/cvframe.cpp

@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ void CVPCB_MAINFRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& Event )
         m_DisplayFootprintFrame->Close( true );
 
     m_modified = false;
-    SaveSettings();
     Destroy();
     return;
 }

eeschema/libeditframe.cpp

@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ void LIB_EDIT_FRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& Event )
         }
     }
 
-    SaveSettings();
     Destroy();
 }
 

eeschema/schframe.cpp

@@ -505,7 +505,6 @@ void SCH_EDIT_FRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& aEvent )
 
     /* all sub sheets are deleted, only the main sheet is usable */
     m_CurrentSheet->Clear();
-    SaveSettings();
     Destroy();
 }
 

eeschema/viewlib_frame.cpp

@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@ LIB_VIEW_FRAME* LIB_VIEW_FRAME::GetActiveLibraryViewer()
 
 void LIB_VIEW_FRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& Event )
 {
-    SaveSettings();
-
     if( m_semaphore )
     {
         m_semaphore->Post();

gerbview/gerbview_frame.cpp

@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ GERBVIEW_FRAME::~GERBVIEW_FRAME()
 
 void GERBVIEW_FRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& Event )
 {
-    SaveSettings();
     Destroy();
 }
 

include/wxstruct.h

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ enum ID_DRAWFRAME_TYPE
 
 
 /// Custom trace mask to enable and disable auto save tracing.
-extern const wxChar* traceAutoSave;
+extern const wxChar traceAutoSave[];
 
 
 /**
@@ -175,7 +175,18 @@ public:
      * @warning If you override this function in a derived class, make sure you call
      *          down to this or the auto save feature will be disabled.
      */
-    virtual bool ProcessEvent( wxEvent& aEvent );
+    bool ProcessEvent( wxEvent& aEvent );       // overload wxFrame::ProcessEvent()
+
+    /**
+     * Function Show
+     * hooks the wxFrame close scenario so we can grab the window size and position
+     * in the wxFrame specific SaveSettings() function.  SaveSettings() is
+     * called for all derived wxFrames in this base class overload.  Calling it
+     * from a destructor is deprecated since the wxFrame's position is not available
+     * in the destructor on linux.  In other words, don't call SaveSettings() anywhere,
+     * except in this one function.
+     */
+    bool Show( bool show );                     // overload wxFrame::Show()
 
     void SetAutoSaveInterval( int aInterval ) { m_autoSaveInterval = aInterval; }
 
@@ -216,11 +227,13 @@ public:
     virtual void LoadSettings();
 
     /**
-     * Save common frame parameters from configuration.
+     * Save common frame parameters to configuration data file.
      *
      * The method is virtual so you can override it to save frame specific
-     * parameters.  Don't forget to call the base method or your frames won't
-     * remember their positions and sizes.
+     * parameters.  Don't forget to call the base class's SaveSettings() from
+     * your derived SaveSettings() otherwise the frames won't remember their
+     * positions and sizes.  The virtual call to SaveSettings is done safely
+     * only in EDA_BASE_FRAME::Show( bool ).
      */
     virtual void SaveSettings();
 

kicad/mainframe.cpp

@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ void KICAD_MANAGER_FRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& Event )
 
     Event.SetCanVeto( true );
 
-    SaveSettings();
-
     // Close the help frame
     if( wxGetApp().GetHtmlHelpController() )
     {

pagelayout_editor/pl_editor_frame.cpp

@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ void PL_EDITOR_FRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& Event )
                         GetChars( filename ) );
 
         int ii = DisplayExitDialog( this, msg );
+
         switch( ii )
         {
         case wxID_CANCEL:
@@ -228,12 +229,11 @@ void PL_EDITOR_FRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& Event )
         }
     }
 
-    SaveSettings();
-    wxGetApp().SaveCurrentSetupValues( m_configSettings );
-
     // do not show the window because we do not want any paint event
     Show( false );
 
+    wxGetApp().SaveCurrentSetupValues( m_configSettings );
+
     // On Linux, m_propertiesPagelayout must be destroyed
     // before deleting the main frame to avoid a crash when closing
     m_propertiesPagelayout->Destroy();

pcbnew/dialogs/dialog_design_rules.cpp

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  */
 
 
-/* functions relatives to the design rules editor
+/* functions relative to the design rules editor
  */
 #include <fctsys.h>
 #include <class_drawpanel.h>
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <wx/generic/gridctrl.h>
 #include <dialog_design_rules_aux_helper_class.h>
 
-
 // Column labels for net lists
 #define NET_TITLE       _( "Net" )
 #define CLASS_TITLE     _( "Class" )

pcbnew/footprint_wizard_frame.cpp

@@ -304,8 +304,6 @@ FOOTPRINT_WIZARD_FRAME::~FOOTPRINT_WIZARD_FRAME()
  */
 void FOOTPRINT_WIZARD_FRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& Event )
 {
-    SaveSettings();
-
     if( m_Semaphore )
     {
         m_Semaphore->Post();

pcbnew/github/github_plugin.cpp

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ While exploring the possibility of local caching of the zip file, I discovered
 this command to retrieve the time stamp of the last commit into any particular
 repo:
 
- $time curl -I -i https://api.github.com/repos/KiCad/Mounting_Holes.pretty
+ $time curl -I -i https://api.github.com/repos/KiCad/Mounting_Holes.pretty/commits
 
 This gets just the header to what would otherwise return information on the repo
 in JSON format, and is reasonably faster than actually getting the repo

pcbnew/moduleframe.cpp

@@ -384,7 +384,6 @@ void FOOTPRINT_EDIT_FRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& Event )
     }
 
     //close the editor
-    SaveSettings();
     Destroy();
 }
 

pcbnew/modview_frame.cpp

@@ -163,10 +163,13 @@ FOOTPRINT_VIEWER_FRAME::FOOTPRINT_VIEWER_FRAME( PCB_BASE_FRAME* aParent,
     // Ensure all layers and items are visible:
     GetBoard()->SetVisibleAlls();
     SetScreen( new PCB_SCREEN( GetPageSizeIU() ) );
+
     GetScreen()->m_Center = true;      // Center coordinate origins on screen.
     LoadSettings();
 
+
     SetSize( m_FramePos.x, m_FramePos.y, m_FrameSize.x, m_FrameSize.y );
+
     GetScreen()->SetGrid( ID_POPUP_GRID_LEVEL_1000 + m_LastGridSizeId  );
 
     ReCreateHToolbar();
@@ -239,9 +242,12 @@ FOOTPRINT_VIEWER_FRAME::FOOTPRINT_VIEWER_FRAME( PCB_BASE_FRAME* aParent,
         m_auimgr.GetPane( m_mainToolBar ).BestSize( tbsize );
     }
 
-    // Set min size (overwrite params read in LoadPerspective(), is any)
+#if 0   // no.
+
+    // Set min size (overwrite params read in LoadPerspective(), if any)
     m_auimgr.GetPane( m_libList ).MinSize( minsize );
     m_auimgr.GetPane( m_footprintList ).MinSize( minsize );
+#endif
 
     // after changing something to the aui manager,
     // call Update()() to reflect the changes
@@ -260,8 +266,6 @@ FOOTPRINT_VIEWER_FRAME::FOOTPRINT_VIEWER_FRAME( PCB_BASE_FRAME* aParent,
 
 FOOTPRINT_VIEWER_FRAME::~FOOTPRINT_VIEWER_FRAME()
 {
-    SaveSettings();
-
     if( m_Draw3DFrame )
         m_Draw3DFrame->Destroy();
 }

pcbnew/pcbframe.cpp

@@ -708,8 +708,6 @@ void PCB_EDIT_FRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& Event )
         wxMessageBox( msg, wxGetApp().GetAppName(), wxOK | wxICON_ERROR, this );
     }
 
-    SaveSettings();
-
     // Delete board structs and undo/redo lists, to avoid crash on exit
     // when deleting some structs (mainly in undo/redo lists) too late
     Clear_Pcb( false );
@@ -717,6 +715,7 @@ void PCB_EDIT_FRAME::OnCloseWindow( wxCloseEvent& Event )
     // do not show the window because ScreenPcb will be deleted and we do not
     // want any paint event
     Show( false );
+
     Destroy();
 }