X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 09:27:18 -0500 (CDT) From: mskala AT ansuz DOT sooke DOT bc DOT ca X-X-Sender: mskala AT localhost DOT localdomain To: MAILING LIST gEDA-user Subject: Re: [geda-user] gEDA improvements suggestions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (LNX 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.74 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Wed, 2 Jul 2014, Filippo Micheletti wrote: > - uniform some keyboard shortcuts and mouse behavior of the GUI with the > ones of the pcb GUI, for example let gschem drag schematic with mouse sx > button + move like pcb does, and so on; Indeed. The gEDA FAQ makes a big deal of attempting to explain why a loose federation of independent tools that do not work as a suite is better than a suite of tools that *do* work together, but the explanation is not at all convincing. > - let gschem to be able to import symbols libraries also scanning in > subfolder of each in the gafrc file, like pcb does with footprints. This can be done by using language like (component-library-search "../geda-symbols") instead of component-library in the gafrc file. I found that on one of the Wiki pages. > - snaps are a little bit poor at the moment, a more complete set of snaps > would be very useful, in particular to the edge and corners of shapes (pads, > polygons) and corners and tips of lines (the snap to the lines tip should be > improved, the actual one doesn't work so well). A panel or a dedicated menu > to manage snaps would be useful; I'd like to be able to display one grid but snap to a smaller grid. > - the same is for a "find" function (not the one referred to the keystroke > "F"), which allows user to fine an element with specific refdes on the > layout (this is useful to locate component on the board at soldering moment > when you realized it without silk...). I think there is a select-by-name, which serves a similar purpose. It's sometimes useful when auto-place has placed a component outside the bounds of the board and I cannot select it with the mouse. PCB *really* needs to allow selection outside the board bounds, if it ever allows components to exist outside the board bounds. -- Matthew Skala mskala AT ansuz DOT sooke DOT bc DOT ca People before principles. http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/