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Replace the legacy Emscripten JS-exceptions model with native wasm-EH (legacy encoding) across the whole build, keeping Asyncify coroutines working via a from-source Binaryen --hoist-cpp-catches pre-pass. Net result: native-EH is the only build mode, the 3D viewer is on by default, and pcbnew shrinks substantially. Highlights: - Binaryen submodule everywhere + --hoist-cpp-catches integration in apply-asyncify; post-link Asyncify covers every app wasm (not just standalone test wasm). - Build deps (incl. OpenCASCADE without OCC_CONVERT_SIGNALS) and all KiCad apps with -fwasm-exceptions; emscripten_sleep added to the post-link asyncify-imports. - libcontext fiber entry wired under native exceptions; while-loop main loop + currData shim injected into all wx apps. - Native-EH collab apply fixed: DEBUG-define the embind TU + match all out-of-CMake C++ TUs' ABI flags to the core, fixing the vtable-layout skew / mis-dispatch. - 3D viewer enabled by default (real raytracer linked, not the stub). - Retire the EH-spike scaffolding; flip the asyncify-races ablation pins to shim-redundancy pins (native-EH stays clean with the legacy shims ablated). - Fix the asyncify-races quiescence check to not require Asyncify.currData==0: under the native-EH per-frame-yield top loop the main stack is asyncify-suspended every frame, so currData legitimately churns (a freed-but-not-yet-nulled buffer, not a leak). Refresh the pcbnew toolbar screenshot baseline for the new kicad. - CI: drop the obsolete binaryen_version input/env (the build uses the binaryen submodule fork's wasm-opt, not a version download); key the wasm-output cache on the binaryen submodule SHA instead. Bumps the wxwidgets + binaryen submodules to their squashed feature commits. Validated green: all 7 apps native-EH (real 3D in pcbnew); KiCad e2e 63/63 Firefox + Chromium (3D viewer renders); wx 336; coroutine 34/34 both engines; asyncify 7/7 both engines. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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Documentation Map
A central index of the documentation in this repo. The goal of the project is to build KiCad with WASM and run it in a browser.
Note: per-area
README.mdfiles stay next to the code they describe (they're linked below). Cross-cutting guides live underdocs/. Per-feature design notes live underfeatures/.
Start here
- Project README — overview, prerequisites, quick start, project structure
- CLAUDE.md — project/agent context and contribution conventions
Build
- docs/build.md — Docker-based KiCad WASM build system (two-phase build, outputs, memory)
- docker/README.md — Docker build environment, branch-specific containers, troubleshooting
- wasm/README.md — WASM compatibility layer (overrides/shims without patching KiCad)
Debugging & Asyncify
- docs/debugging/DEBUG.md — debugging guide: Asyncify stalls vs crashes, shim/codegen coupling, stub-bisection
- docs/debugging/learning.md — Asyncify + consecutive modal dialogs: the lock pattern
- docs/research/threading_1.md — deep dive: the Asyncify single-slot
currDatacollision bug and the fix - docs/research/threading_2.md — external research: JSPI/WasmFX/state-machine alternatives, QEMU analysis
Architecture
- wasm/README.md — WASM compatibility layer structure
- web/README.md — web app (create/open KiCad projects), tech stack, URL routing, WASM artifact serving
Testing
- tests/README.md — Playwright test infrastructure, element registry, logs, screenshots
- tests/WHATWORKS.md — wxWidgets-in-WASM feature coverage matrix and KiCad readiness
- tests/GL_README.md — Emscripten legacy GL immediate-mode quirks (color-per-vertex)
- tests/gal-regression/README.md — GAL visual regression suite (native OpenGL vs WebGL WASM)
Feature design docs
Per-feature design notes and porting records live under features/:
- web-init — web app spec
- schematic — eeschema WASM bring-up
- symbol-editor — symbol editor (eeschema kiface launcher)
- gerbview — Gerber viewer port
- pl-editor — page-layout editor port (incl. file-dialog usability fixes)
- browser-tools — tool-activation / coroutine deep dives
- fix-asyncify-O2-and-modal-promise-rejection — RTree wasm overflow bug investigation
Archived / historical
features/archive/ holds docs whose work is done or superseded
(each carries a status banner):