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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:19:14 -0700
From: Colin D Bennett <colin AT gibibit DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] RFC: increment dialog patch
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:14:23 -0700
Andrew Poelstra <asp11 AT sfu DOT ca> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 09:10:17AM +1100, Stephen Ecob wrote:
> > Thanks Andrew, this is a step forward.
> > 
> > It is a user visible change, but I can't imagine it will break
> > anyone's work flow or catch anyone by surprise - it instead
> > removes an unpleasant surprise for anyone who discovers the
> > increments dialog and expects it to work.
> >
> 
> I have removed Alt+G and Alt+Shift+G, which might irritate people.
>  
> > Longer term I'd personally prefer G and Shift-G to cycle
> > through a set of user defined grids.  I typically use a
> > non-linear set of grids like 0.02mm, 0.04mm, 0.1mm and 0.5mm.
> > Linear increment +linear decrement is a very blunt tool for
> > moving through a set like that.
> 
> That would be nice. If someone were to write up a patch for this,
> I'd vouch for it.


Great!

“[enh] New grids for GTK PCB”
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/pcb/+bug/724154>

This patch is well on its way.  I *really* liked it when I tried it.
The only major work I think it really needs are:

- Fix to build on current pcb; probably needs to be updated to
  build since major pcb changes (like nanometers conversion).

- Store grids using pcb Attribute[] entities instead of a new
  syntax, to avoid breaking backward compatibility.

Regards,
Colin