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Subject: [geda-user] Annoying object selection behaviour in gschem > 1.6.2
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 10:32:28 -0400
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After 1.6.2 some (IMO undesirable) changes were made in the way gschem =
handles object selection. The most annoying changes are
In 1.8.2, after copying an object, the old object remains selected, =
rather than the selection shifting to the the copy as in =E2=89=A4 =
1.6.2. This not only reduces productivity, but it breaks a long-standing =
convention in CAD that the selection shifts to the copy.

In 1.8.2, a window selection of multiple objects can select individual =
attributes of a component, rather than the earlier, more logical =
all-or-nothing rule. This breaks the inviolability of a component =
object, and makes it too easy to inadvertently break components and =
create unattached attributes.
I have been using gschem since 1998 and made some contributions to the =
initial code base, but before I dig back into code to try to make these =
behaviours optional (e.g. via settings in gschemrc), I'd like to see if =
this problem has already been solved by someone else.=20

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Roger Williams <roger AT qux DOT com>
Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation


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<html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div class=3D"">After =
1.6.2 some (IMO undesirable) changes were made in the way gschem handles =
object selection. The most annoying changes are</div><div class=3D""><ol =
class=3D""><li class=3D"">In 1.8.2, after copying an object, the <i =
class=3D"">old</i> object remains selected, rather than the selection =
shifting to the the copy as in =E2=89=A4 1.6.2. This not only reduces =
productivity, but it breaks a long-standing convention in CAD that the =
selection shifts to the copy.<br class=3D""><br class=3D""></li><li =
class=3D"">In 1.8.2, a window selection of multiple objects can select =
individual attributes of a component, rather than the earlier, more =
logical all-or-nothing rule. This breaks the inviolability of a =
component object, and makes it too easy to inadvertently break =
components and create unattached attributes.</li></ol></div><div =
class=3D"">I have been using gschem since 1998 and made some =
contributions to the initial code base, but before I dig back into code =
to try to make these behaviours optional (e.g. via settings in =
gschemrc), I'd like to see if this problem has already been solved by =
someone else.&nbsp;</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D""><div class=3D"">--&nbsp;<br class=3D"">Roger Williams &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:roger AT qux DOT com" class=3D"">roger AT qux DOT com</a>&gt;<br =
class=3D"">Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div></div></body></html>=

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