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Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:31:26 +0100
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Markus Hitter wrote:
> Recently I get repeatedly unneccessary(?) merge/cherry-pick conflicts 
> with line 9 of .pcb files. This line typically reads something like
>
> Cursor[7500 30000 6.000000]  (latest release) or
> Cursor[625.00mil 25.00mil 6.000000]  (current git master)
>
> Apparently, the last position of the cursor is stored here, which is 
> pretty much arbitrary, so it changes on every save.
>
> Now I can't imagine how a stored cursor position might be useful for 
> anything. When viewing the file it's overridden as soon as the mouse 
> enters the viewing area. If there's no use, I'd like to remove that 
> entry to reduce the conflict potential.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Markus 
Hi all,

I filed this as bug report https://bugs.launchpad.net/pcb/+bug/1076252.

Please add your votes (This bugs affect me +1) to give us some insight 
how much of a problem this is for users using SCM for their layout files.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.