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Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 16:51:21 +0200 (CEST)
From: Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
To: "Stephen C. Menasian (menasian AT ptd DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] Thank you - some requests and an offer
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Hi Stephen,

it's always good to hear people are happy with gEDA.  Being on this 
mailing list, I usually only hear about things that don't work; your mail 
is a welcome exception. :-)


On Wed, 7 Jul 2021, Stephen C. Menasian (menasian AT ptd DOT net) [via 
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> The selection remained with the originally selected part(s) after the 
> copy and the new copy was not selected. The new gschem transfers the 
> selection to the copy when it is placed.

I changed it this way because it's how most programs behave these days:

> http://git.geda-project.org/geda-gaf/commit/?id=c1d796ce

You can undo this by going to line 148 of gschem/src/x_event.c:

     case (PASTEMODE)  : o_place_end(w_current, w_x, w_y, FALSE, TRUE,

and replacing TRUE with FALSE:

     case (PASTEMODE)  : o_place_end(w_current, w_x, w_y, FALSE, FALSE,

Just out of curiosity: how does your workflow look like, so you prefer the 
copied object to stay selected?


> I have written a C program which I call "geda_parts". […] if there is 
> any interest, I can post the source once it is stable.

Sure, go ahead!  There's no need to wait until it is stable.

Roland

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