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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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--Apple-Mail=_FF5271DA-5E88-4F33-92BD-4B5A9E41E20F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 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 --=20 Roger Williams <roger AT qux DOT com> Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation --Apple-Mail=_FF5271DA-5E88-4F33-92BD-4B5A9E41E20F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <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. </div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D""><div class=3D"">-- <br class=3D"">Roger Williams <<a = href=3D"mailto:roger AT qux DOT com" class=3D"">roger AT qux DOT com</a>><br = class=3D"">Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation<br class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_FF5271DA-5E88-4F33-92BD-4B5A9E41E20F--
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