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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:45:23 +0400
From: Vladimir Zhbanov <vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] New gEDA Arc input method in 1.8.2?
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On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 06:45:24PM +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote:
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> Currently there is no input support for arcs. I think I have never used
> arcs in gschem, but I thought there was a graphical input method
> available, which John Doty also suggested for PCB long time ago. But for
> gschem 1.8.2 there seems to be mainly textual input now -- radius,
> start-angle and sweep, after input of a straight line for radius. Is
> this what people prefer in these days? Of course much easier to program
> than graphical 3 point input.

You can select the arc after its creation and then edit it graphically.
If you want another behaviour, patches are always welcome.