Mail Archives: geda-user/2014/07/02/10:27:23
On Wed, 2 Jul 2014, Filippo Micheletti wrote:
> - uniform some keyboard shortcuts and mouse behavior of the GUI with the
> ones of the pcb GUI, for example let gschem drag schematic with mouse sx
> button + move like pcb does, and so on;
Indeed. The gEDA FAQ makes a big deal of attempting to explain why a
loose federation of independent tools that do not work as a suite is
better than a suite of tools that *do* work together, but the explanation
is not at all convincing.
> - let gschem to be able to import symbols libraries also scanning in
> subfolder of each in the gafrc file, like pcb does with footprints.
This can be done by using language like
(component-library-search "../geda-symbols")
instead of component-library in the gafrc file. I found that on one of
the Wiki pages.
> - snaps are a little bit poor at the moment, a more complete set of snaps
> would be very useful, in particular to the edge and corners of shapes (pads,
> polygons) and corners and tips of lines (the snap to the lines tip should be
> improved, the actual one doesn't work so well). A panel or a dedicated menu
> to manage snaps would be useful;
I'd like to be able to display one grid but snap to a smaller grid.
> - the same is for a "find" function (not the one referred to the keystroke
> "F"), which allows user to fine an element with specific refdes on the
> layout (this is useful to locate component on the board at soldering moment
> when you realized it without silk...).
I think there is a select-by-name, which serves a similar purpose. It's
sometimes useful when auto-place has placed a component outside the bounds
of the board and I cannot select it with the mouse. PCB *really* needs to
allow selection outside the board bounds, if it ever allows components to
exist outside the board bounds.
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Matthew Skala
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