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Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 12:06:18 -0700
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] editing tracks in pcb
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On Wed, 02 May 2012 14:43:44 -0400
"Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak" <mjc AT avtechpulse DOT com> wrote:

> > It doesn't look like it. You can highlight an entire connection
> > by pressing 'f' when the mouse is over it (and unhighlight with
> > Shift+F),
> 
> Thanks - that's the clue I needed!
> 
> > but I don't see how to delete tracks based on this.
> > It would not be hard for us to write a "SelectAllFound" action
> > to
> 
> Reading the source code reveals that it has already been done!
> 
> Pressing "f", then ":select connection" will do what I want.

This is also available under the "Select | Select all connected
objects" menu item, so you can use that after hitting "f".

Actually, there is an even faster way to do it.  The pcb key
shortcuts are defined in a file called “gpcb-menu.res”.  It
defines by default an action called "Remove Connected".  This
will remove all tracks connected to the one under the mouse
cursor.  However, I was not able to invoke this using the defined
Shift+Backspace shortcut -- I had to can copy the gpcb-menu.res
file from the installed one, put it in my ~/.pcb directory,
and edit it to use a different key, in this case Ctrl-D:

    #{"Remove Connected" a={"Shift-Backspace" "Shift<Key>BackSpace"}
    {"Remove Connected" a={"Ctrl-D" "Ctrl<Key>d"}

Then, just hover over the track you want to delete and hit Ctrl-D!

Regards,
Colin