KiBot v1.2.0 is now available

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Version 1.2.0 is now available.

The main addition is the navigate_results output, it can be used to generate web pages to browse the generated files. A nice example can be found here. Note that this example was generated without even providing a configuration file. The workflow used can be found here.

In order to use it you must be sure that ImageMagick, Ghostscript and RSVG tools are installed and are usable (see a note about ImageMagick default policy in the README.md).

Other important additions include the support to define KiCad environment variables from the KiBot configuration file and outputs priorities.

Changed

• KiCad environment variables: more variables detected, native KiCad 6 names,
  all exported to the environment ([BUG]Some K6 variables are not passed for STEP file generation  #205)
• Consequences of the priorities implementation:
  • qr_lib outputs are created before others
  • navigate_results and compress outputs are created after others

Added

• The outputs help now display the more relevant options first and highlighted.
  Which ones are more relevant is somehow arbitrary, comments are welcome.
• General stuff:
  • Outputs now can have priorities, by default is applied.
    Use -n to disable it.
• New outputs:
  • navigate_results creates web pages to browse the generated outputs.
    Example
• New globals:
  • environment section allows defining KiCad environment variables.
    (See kicad2step_do Error: Still running KiAuto#21)
• GitHub discussions are now enabled. Comment about your KiBot experience
  here

Fixed

• Components with mounting hole where excluded ([BUG] Component with reverse mount LED footprint excluded from position file by _mechanical built in filter. #201)
• GenCAD output targets.
• Problems expanding multiple KiCad variables in the same value.
• XML BoM: Fixed problems with fields containing / (xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: not well-formed (invalid token) #206)
• pcb_print: vias processing was disabled.
• pcb_print: problems with frame in GUI mode and portrait page orientation.
• svg_pcb_print: page orientation for portrait.