Re: gEDA-user: locknames -> ignorenames ?

["Bert Timmerman" <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kai-Martin, 

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> Kai-Martin Knaak
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> Subject: gEDA-user: locknames -> ignorenames ?
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> Hi.
> While teaching students howto use geda/pcb, I found myself 
> explain that lock-names does not really a "lock" but an 
> "ignore" flag. Because, this is how it operates under the 
> hood. In addition, the lock meme does not quite fit to the 
> behavior. You'd expect locked text to stay in place whatever 
> you do. But of course the names of components do move if a 
> component is moved.
> 
> Proposal: Rename "Lock_Names" to "Ignore_Names" 
> (in the menu and in the source)
> 
> Any objection?
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If the "lock" mechanism is not broken, please do not try to fix it ;-)

This is a great opportunity to create all sorts of "Heissenbugs" for not so
often used code paths.

If it's just semantics then please let this issue remain as it is, that is:
in a "locked in place" state.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.



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