Re: gEDA-user: PCB: Is the insert-point function working?

[Harry Eaton <bumpelo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

DJ Delorie wrote:

> > You don't have to click inside the poly, you can click "near" (within
> > SLOP) to the edge in question,
> >    
>
> I thought "slop" was just compensating for the fact that a pixel
> covers a non-zero area of the board?  Is slop bigger than a pixel?
>
>  
Yes, "slop" is the amount of pixel slop you can have on the pointer and 
still "hit" an object.
It does compensate for wide views (pixel = non-zero area), but also 
works at nominal zooms too. With the standard setting, if you are within 
5 pixels of what you're trying to hit, you will hit it. If there are 
multiple objects there, the closest, topmost, smallest object wins.

h.