Function set_or_request_current_layer

src/laybasic/laybasic/layEditorUtils.cc:106–140

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bool
set_or_request_current_layer (lay::LayoutViewBase *view, const db::LayerProperties &lp, unsigned int cv_index, bool make_current)
{
  //  try to find an existing layer
  if (make_current) {
    if (view->set_current_layer (cv_index, lp)) {
      return true;
    }
  } else {
    if (! view->find_layer (cv_index, lp).is_null ()) {
      return true;
    }
  }

  const lay::CellView &cv = view->cellview (cv_index);
  if (! cv.is_valid ()) {
    return false;
  }

  lay::LayerPropertiesNode lpn;
  lpn.set_source (lay::ParsedLayerSource (lp, cv_index));
  view->init_layer_properties (lpn);

  {
    db::Transaction transaction (! view->manager ()->transacting () ? view->manager () : 0, tl::to_string (tr ("Create new layer")));

    lay::LayerPropertiesConstIterator lpi = lay::LayerPropertiesConstIterator (& view->insert_layer (view->end_layers (), lpn));
    if (make_current) {
      view->set_current_layer (lpi);
    }
    lpi->realize_source ();
  }

  return true;
}

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//  TransformationsVariants implementation