Mail Archives: geda-user/2017/09/06/22:59:39
On Wed, 6 Sep 2017, Roland Lutz wrote:
> As an alternative to docks, I could imagine preserving the position of both
> the main window and dialogs between gschem invocations. This way, users could
> arrange the parts of the UI in a way convenient to them once and have gschem
> remember it.
>
> Would anyone who uses gschem in its current form consider this a regression?
We have the same^1 in pcb-rnd. I've been using this feature extensively
there. As a gschem user I'd find it a major UI improvement.
Regards,
Igor2
Footnote:
^1 what we have in pcb-rnd, for reference:
- you can arrange your windows and explicitly ask pcb-rnd to save coords
(clicking a button). This is useful to capture a specific arrangement,
sort of "manual docking", as a "project independent, screen/system
specific setup"
- alternatively you can enable an auto-save-on-exit so you get the same
state you last had; useful if you run only one instance in parallel
- when neither of those used, we get the old behavior, letting the window
manager arrange the windows. Useful for advanced window managers (mine is
scriptable, I can get it to "dock" windows knowing the current screen
size; I know some users who use tiled or stacked WMs, apps trying to place
their windows are not useful there)
- in parallel to those three choices, pcb-rnd can save the user's
choice and the actual window geometry (just as any other config) in
user's central config, in the project's config (useful if your project
consists of multiple files) or in the board file. This allows users to
combine the "this is what I usually want" setting with "this project is
special, I need this dialog box more on this one".
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