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From: "Shashank Chintalagiri (shashank DOT chintalagiri AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 22:55:00 +0530
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Subject: [geda-user] gschem 1.9.1 UI
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Hi,

I recently started using a compiled gEDA version instead of the
(1.8.2?) packaged in ubuntu. I have a bit of a bone to pick with the
new user interface.

The new panels on the bottom and on the right are wholly unnecessary.
For the majority of the time they eat up screen space and are
distracting, and to me personally very annoying. These are the things
that are there - always :

1. Status, which until now I've only looked at once every 15-20 times
I open gschem, and usually just closed the window.
2. Find text - does this really have to always be there and visible? A
find tool is useful for some, I'm sure. Personally never really used
it. Certainly not enough for it to be a permanent user of the entire
bottom fourth of my screen.
3. Object - Usually the whole panel is disabled. Most of the controls
on it don't apply to most things one typically uses on gEDA.
4. Text - Really?
5. Options - The menus and keybindings are plenty.

Can I please have my screen edges back? I'm not saying remove them
entirely. Obviously someone cares about them enough to have put in a
whole lot of effort to make them front and center, but can we please
atleast have them as something that can be suppressed in some kind of
preferences or so? I've been trying to find such an option, but have
not have any success so far. The best solution I've found so far is to
drag the border out to the edge, but this doesn't survive exit and
makes the tool unavailable entirely (text edit no longer works on
double click).

Thanks
Regards
-- 

Chintalagiri Shashank