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From: "Lilith Bryant (dark141 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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On 2015-07-10 04:45:31 AM, Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:

> >
> > I'm going to fix the bugs in track dragging branch and fix ortho to
> maintain dragged tracks at
> > 45degs,  so I'm not talking anything esoteric here.  Not sexy, but
> possibly a real usability help.
> 
> Sounds really good.  Is this the same as the branch you're talking about:
> 
> http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?p=25

Yes.

It's already been incorporated into the "improved_dragging" branch on git, 
if you want to try it out.   It crashes now and then though.

> Another thing I would love to be able to do: drag a via along a track, and
> have
> it automatically move the track under the drag to the other layer.  How hard
> would this be to implement based on your familiarity with pcb internals?

I haven't even started to dig yet, so my familiarity in this area is zero.  But 
I can't imagine that it would be impossible.