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Subject: Re: [geda-user] gschem, best size of symbols and text?
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> > Default grid
> > size to symbol size is more important. A very fine grid gives us
> > very many possible positions to put elements and nets, which makes
> > it "difficult". For gschem, I would use 200 as major grid generally,
> 
> Hmm. I am ok with the default 100. During schematic capture I never 
> felt like the grid should be more coarse.
> Design of a symbol is a different issue, though. I often find myself 
> dial down the grid size to be able to move bits and pieces to where 
> they belong. While I think about it, it would be nice to have an accel 
> key to directly switch to the default grid.

Dynamically change grid size on zoom is good. Just zoom in to get a finer grid.