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Subject: Re: [geda-user] gschem refactoring ideas  -- overall architecture document.
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On Feb 12, 2015, at 3:24 PM, Peter Clifton <pcjc2 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:

> Thanks for that rather unhelpful pronouncement. I believe my design for
> their rendering is "solid" (pardon the pun). It uses a file order
> implied Z-order. What is lacking is the controls in gschem to shift the
> objects around.. a simple "bring to front" and "send to back" should
> suffice in the first instance.

Cut and then paste in the same place is the “bring to front” operation. “Send to back” is harder.

> 
> What is the really lacking part though, is any way to create complex
> paths (open or closed) within gschem... I implemented the file-format
> and rendering support, but did not manage to write a decent "inkscape
> like" path editor.

To try fill, make a box and “ef”. I don’t do that much, but it works. Your doing? Many appear not to know this is possible. I don’t think that many of us use paths or miss GUI path support. Geometry in schematics is pretty simple. I don’t even use paths much in Omnigraffle, which supports them well.

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