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Subject: Re: [geda-user] gschem GUI
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On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:30 AM, Britton Kerin
> (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]
> <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via
>> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak
>>> <knaak AT iqo DOT uni-hannover DOT de> wrote:
>>>> Evan Foss wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How about a comment in the status window? Probably something in green
>>>>> text.
>>>>
>>>> I'd rather have the log window not spamed with messages that can and
>>>> should be ignored. In this specific instance, there would be DJs comment
>>>> above yours. So the context would be obvious.
>>>
>>> A one time open window that has the tool tip would not be so bad. If
>>> it is a regular pop up it will drive people nuts.
>>
>> Agreed.  Tooltips with a don't-show-again are pretty common and seem
>> good to me.  PCB would benefit even more form them.
>
> I think we have been adding features for some time with out letting
> anyone know about them. This is going to sound stupid but I only just
> now realized that you could hatch in gschem.
>
> I don't like the idea of wasting config file space on a check box
> being ticked. Can we instead mark the config files with the date stamp
> of the freshly run install after that first run.

I agree with the concern but this alternative sounds like an unusual mechanism
that user's probably wouldn't know about.  I've sometimes been annoyed by
first-time tips that vanish -- I remember there was something there I want,
but not how to recover it.  With free software I'd take a guess that config
file might let me recover it somehow.  Perhaps a well-marked section at the
bottom of the config file is a good compromise?

All hypothetical at this point anyway of course...

Britton