Re: gEDA-user: Move to other side behavior

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 13:43 -0400, epswint wrote:
> When I execute the command to move a selected component to the other 
> side, the component's position is reflected about the X-axis of the 
> board, i.e. if the board dimension is 10k and the component's 
> Y-coordinate is 2.5k, then the Y-coordinate after switching sides will 
> be 7.5k (10k-2.5k).  Is this the intended behavior, and if so, what is 
> the reasoning? 
> 
> As for myself, it would be more convenient if the command preserved 
> Y-coordinate. For example, when I am optimizing the placement of 
> components and zoomed in, I'd like the component to stay in the current 
> window if I flip it to the other side to test its placement there.  Any 
> thoughts/opinions on this?

This is a bug in the GTK hid which has been fixed in CVS. It still flips
about the same axis, but about the mouse pointer, rather than the board
centre.

Thanks to Igor for the patch!

-- 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)



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