X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=aNATqxHO788BeevVFFYBKQuPslGatM/fwCgA1VsgL+Y=; b=L6iPooCuCh6hu5Wnb7uQ+Hw9PbBoLz9vq9Hj7UiDQxTLwT9mNp0WsKzOQeRBFmzZVw tobvCUh/XVCv68zzxgC+IxyEOpEiM1iST0eyejytymiQ8uoadah0Yee9JjdtThFGvSvc fpa7cXxDeidzrICjqH8W/oQKJxffBpIUuJLHniHvlFU3+dAD3ZJLhN14j17kqngLD2DE Dk2BHJVgJDOn+ei0GAxa/6jifc+q1nCgc7hnXlPJwTzhoNWBdvrifwMdgdSh4nWlegIW EJDY+6qk8cIBvdFoCN+MfIjy0doLYj4s/Rp+BwVLc60xZ085aK37ctQHOWKoH4j/dZa4 hcUQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=aNATqxHO788BeevVFFYBKQuPslGatM/fwCgA1VsgL+Y=; b=FyePYaVmY9wzAfiJDeJpVI3gh9BrGmJTVEZ+sG9XNMDwuYHasYokOtUQbR9jgpCGYZ ag4u1yWK+DQZnXi8G5TKYNH7ahgPcIW83plmXLmiaK3apxY6FBaKxZ8pqVuF/1FAjUq5 DBlWj+kg7DvKNwQQIIDctck5Fr/YcskI+z4u2DOG5HSCUeIOnKBcaLiXSpi392p8JimF z97RYLChsVr5v3WfcxZmhMa54fSsTZGLncozYNL0oazVZBnHXO41aXModQdadzgMD6ox moLqiEBvUi+JmM7evPWV+Yr8Vwcg5Fo7sE2SrUD+R7N1QrdQRBuCaA+zGFOBxRaAtg6k WpJQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AHPjjUjjQTM0MFi1zJVrqSZy5MHPc/TQfcs4CeeRHC5rCKGQQrehW1xV zMxiEaQh6IZttkmV X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADKCNb7VEoHPS9f7M0lDC8tQeeWhq9toQ8bO6L0w6q+gKRtNw3Imu8p4I/n54BMUfOdDSbqhKiSH0w== X-Received: by 10.25.149.83 with SMTP id x80mr1079832lfd.175.1504720388797; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 10:53:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 19:53:05 +0200 From: "Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-user] gschem 1.9.1 UI Message-Id: <20170906195305.ea3d2310c2060e3aff13f50f@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk The sidebar to the right is sometimes very useful although then not used it eat quite a lot of space. In view menu the two at top or the hotkeys "vs", "va". I actually think the sidebar might be a better option than a loose window but it might be worth thinking about then it should be visible. > 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 -- Nicklas Karlsson