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From: "Vladimir Zhbanov (vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] gshem, pcb, arrow movement
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On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 02:41:47AM +0100, Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> > > Arrow keys may be used for movement and in gschem "background" is moved
> > > while in pcb pointer is moved. It would be good if both used same keys.
> > > movement of "background" in gschem with arrows is useful but arrow to move
> > > pointer for fine tuning in pcb is quite a lot more useful.
> > >
> > > Then I use them earlier today I thought it might be worth a try to combine
> > > them so that background is moved and pointer is moved relative to
> > > background although it stay at same point on screen.
IIUC, you're speaking about 'panning'. If so, there are settings for gschem
allowing panning using one of the mouse buttons or you can just hit 'x'
to pan at the mouse cursor position.

> >
> > The two should ship with the same mouse and key movement system.  There's
> > no reason to have them work differently by default, and it takes a long
> > time to get used to switching between them.  The existing behavior must
> > still be available as an option of course.
> >
> > I also think pcb system is a bit better than gschem, but there's also the
> > question of which is more typical of other similar interfaces.  I don't
> > know what the default behavior should be exactly, but it should be
> > consistent.
> >
> > Britton
>
> They are very similar. In gschem symbol could not be moved by arrows.
> In pcb display does not move.

Any of the last two scripts at [1] (just added) will let you move
things around using arrows in gschem. Info on how to install them is
above on that page.

Cheers,
  Vladimir

[1] http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:guile_scripting