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From:	Kai-Martin Knaak <knaak AT iqo DOT uni-hannover DOT de>
Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Gschem Menus
Date:	Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:25:37 +0200
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Edward Hennessy wrote:

> The following menu item launches a dialog box with more functionality
> than the menu item advertises:
> 
>     Snap Grid Spacing...   O Shift+S

IMHO, accels with a modifier are a pain to use and remember.
Why not bind this dialog to a simple G as in "Grid"? After all, this is 
what it is - a dialog for all the grid stuff.


> The following menu item cycles between three snap modes:
> 
>     Toggle Snap On/Off     O S
> 
> The following three menu items open the same dialog box:
> 
>     Color...               E O
>     Line Width & Type...   E W
>     Fill Type...           E F

In the long run, this dialog should be merged with the general attribute 
editor. It is disconnecting to not be able to use EE to manipulate the 
properties of graphical objects. 

In the meantime, I'd go with EW, because this was the only accel of the 
three I bothered to learn and use.


> What would be the best way to make these menu items better suited to
> a new user without wrecking keyboard accelerators for veteran users?

I don't think any change on the above accels are going to break long grown 
habits. 

* The snap size dialog and its accel is fairly new. No old farts habits 
here.

* Working without a grid wrecks the ability to connect. It is nice to be 
able to switch off the grid. But I'd be surprised if anyone uses it 
regularly during schematic capture. I would even endorse a removal of this 
particular accel. I had this the action is triggered accidentally.

* Schematics capture is mostly about symbols and connections. A dialog to 
manipulate color, type and width of graphical objects is not on the list 
of actions frequently needed for this task.

Thank you for working on the UI of gschem! I use the current git head of 
geda right now. The unified dialogs are very welcome.

All the best,

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