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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Latest gschem misfeature
From: Peter Clifton <pcjc2 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk>
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Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:14:12 +0000
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On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 06:20 -0700, John Doty wrote:
> Recent versions of gschem select all interconnected net segments when you=
 click on a selected net segment. Cute, but not very useful. How often do y=
ou delete, copy, or move an entire net?
>=20
> On the other hand, deleting, copying, or moving a circuit fragment, inclu=
ding net segments, is a very common operation. Normally, shift-click on a s=
elected object deselects that object, allowing you to fine-tune a selection=
 before a group operation.=20
>=20
> However, the new cuteness interferes with this in an unpredictable way. S=
hift-click on some selected net segments works in the regular way, deselect=
ing them, but on others it selects the whole interconnected net. This makes=
 operations on groups more difficult: you can't reliably select the group i=
n question.
>=20
> Is there a way to turn off this misfeature, restoring consistent, regular=
 behavior?

Not sure.. but I'd be up for removing it (or making it optional).

It isn't the feature its-self which is the problem, rather (as you say),
how it interacts badly with other common selecting actions.


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