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 Content preview:  On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 07:58:14 +0200 (CEST) > Hi all! > > I've
    arrived at the gtk hid's "window width/height save/restore" code > in my
   conf-rewrite in pcb-rnd. Long story short: the gtk hid tries to > remember
    window geometry and tries to restore it to the last known > state (?) when
    pcb is started. > > Thinking it over, I am not sure this is a good idea (while
    I totally > see why many users probably want it). > > I am interested in
   your input, as an user of GUI apps in general (I > don't think this is pcb-specific)
    about how this is best done. > Conceptually the question is, assuming pcb-rnd
    needs to save/restore > window sizes, whose property window sizes is? The
    program's? The > user's? The desing's? The session's? This gets tricky especially
    in > corner cases like laptops with variable screen sizes (large external
    > screen when docked and small screen on the road). > > Please comment on
    the following options, or add extra options if you > see any: > > 1. Do not
    try to save window geometry, let the window manager do its > job. This is
    how I do it: my wm runs an awk script that regex-matches > pcb windows and
    arranges the on the fly, overriding whatever pcb > says. PCB windows are
   automatically arranged in the way I like them, > no matter how big my screen
    is. This probably won't work for most > users because they use less capable
    window managers and/or spend less > time configuring it. [...] 
 
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On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 07:58:14 +0200 (CEST)
gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:

> Hi all!
>=20
> I've arrived at the gtk hid's "window width/height save/restore" code
> in my conf-rewrite in pcb-rnd. Long story short: the gtk hid tries to=20
> remember window geometry and tries to restore it to the last known=20
> state (?) when pcb is started.
>=20
> Thinking it over, I am not sure this is a good idea (while I totally
> see why many users probably want it).
>=20
> I am interested in your input, as an user of GUI apps in general (I
> don't think this is pcb-specific) about how this is best done.
> Conceptually the question is, assuming pcb-rnd needs to save/restore
> window sizes, whose property window sizes is? The program's? The
> user's? The desing's? The session's? This gets tricky especially in
> corner cases like laptops with variable screen sizes (large external
> screen when docked and small screen on the road).
>=20
> Please comment on the following options, or add extra options if you
> see any:
>=20
> 1. Do not try to save window geometry, let the window manager do its=20
> job. This is how I do it: my wm runs an awk script that regex-matches
> pcb windows and arranges the on the fly, overriding whatever pcb
> says. PCB windows are automatically arranged in the way I like them,
> no matter how big my screen is. This probably won't work for most
> users because they use less capable window managers and/or spend less
> time configuring it.

This is a way too complex.
=20
> 2. Save it as an user configuration (~/.pcb-rnd/);
> this is good as long as you are running only one instance of pcb.
> When you start running two in parallel, and chose different window
> sizes, they will overwrite eachother's settings so it's random which
> one wins (e.g. the one you closed last will overwrite window geometry
> last). I think this is how the gtk hid does it these days, but I am
> not 100% sure.

I think this is the one I prefer. I work on one layout at a time, but yes,
sometimes I open two pcbs. I'd make some sort of locking mechanism; the
first instance had the ability to write window geometry to a file.

> 3. Save it as a per-design configuration; it's much less likely that
> the same user on the same system opens the same design twice and if
> he does, his save operations will fight anyway; however, editing the
> same design on multiple screens (or multiple systems, by multiple
> users!) makes it pretty wrong to save this setting in the design.
> Having some local settings stored in an unversioned config file next
> to the .pcb file solves some of the problems, but not all (e.g. same
> user, same system, screen size changes)

Makes no sense to me. Per-design stuff must be under revision control. If it
is it would turn out hard to fight it when I check out my design on my
laptop, which has different screen size.

> 4. make it an "explicit save" thing so it doesn't try to save it=20
> automatically, it makes a snapshot only when you explicitly click a=20
> button. Window geometry is saved in ~/.pcb-rnd/ (user config). So if
> you know you are going to use a given screen size for the next period
> of time, you rearrange your windows, save the arrangement then if you
> start new pcb instances they start with this saved setting.

Think about the lazy guys... I'd never push that button.

> NOTE: I am not proposing any change to pcb or gschem or geda/gaf.
>=20
> Regards,
>=20
> Igor2


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