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cd /c/Users/bachman0/Documents/ZHAW_Module/PA/kicad/python/svg2mod
python svg2mod.py -i ../../images/PA17_bmat_6_V1.svg -o test1 --format pretty
Parsing SVG...
No handler for element {http://www.w3.org/2000/svg}defs
No handler for element {http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd}namedview
No handler for element {http://www.w3.org/2000/svg}metadata
transform: translate [0.0, -295.7]
transform: translate [-2.0552455, 280.43471]
Writing module file: test1.kicad_mod


sys.path.append('');
os.chdir('');

sys.argv = ['arg1', 'arg2']
execfile('');

subprocess.call(['./abc.py', arg1, arg2])

# 
execfile('C:\Users\bachman0\Documents\ZHAW_Module\PA\kicad\python\test1.py')
# Traceback (most recent call last):
#   File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
# IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\x08achman0\\Documents\\ZHAW_Module\\PA\\kicad\\python\test1.py'

execfile('C:Users/bachman0/Documents/ZHAW_Module/PA/kicad/python/test1.py')
# Traceback (most recent call last):
#   File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
# IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:Users/bachman0/Documents/ZHAW_Module/PA/kicad/python/test1.py'

print sys.path
# ['C:\\Program Files\\KiCad\\lib\\python27.zip', 'C:\\Program Files\\KiCad\\lib\\python2.7', 'C:\\Program Files\\KiCad\\lib\\python2.7\\plat-win32', 'C:\\Program
# Files\\KiCad\\lib\\python2.7\\lib-tk', 'C:\\Program Files\\KiCad\\lib\\python2.7\\lib-old', 'C:\\Program Files\\KiCad\\lib\\python2.7\\lib-dynload', 'C:\\building
# \\msys64\\mingw64', 'C:\\Program Files\\KiCad\\lib\\python2.7\\site-packages', 'C:\\Program Files\\KiCad\\lib\\python2.7\\site-packages\\wx-3.0-msw', '.', 
# 'C:/Program Files/KiCad/bin/../share/kicad/scripting/plugins']

execfile('C:/Users/bachman0/Documents/ZHAW_Module/PA/kicad/python/test1.py')
# 0 F.Cu
# [...]

# ex.

import sys
sys.path.append("/home/user/path/to/kicad-python/")
execfile("/home/user/path/to/kicad-python/examples/pcbannotate.py")

os.chdir('C:/Users/bachman0/Documents/ZHAW_Module/PA/kicad/python/svg2mod/')
execfile('svg2mod.py')

subprocess.call(['svg2mod.py', '-h'])
# Traceback (most recent call last):
#   File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
#   File "C:\Program Files\KiCad\lib\python2.7/subprocess.py", line 169, in call
#     return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
#   File "C:\Program Files\KiCad\lib\python2.7/subprocess.py", line 321, in __init__
#     errread, errwrite)
#   File "C:\Program Files\KiCad\lib\python2.7/subprocess.py", line 571, in _execute_child
#     startupinfo)
# WindowsError: [Error 193] %1 ist keine zulässige Win32-Anwendung

print sys.executable
# C:/Program Files/KiCad/bin/kicad.exe

subprocess.call([sys.executable, 'svg2mod.py', '-h'])
# not a good idea

subprocess.call(['python', 'svg2mod.py', '-h'])
# not a good idea

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