Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I am still having difficulty with the Shift-click technique for part
> replacement. I am running PCB 20060822.

Too old.  I added that in September.

> I do not have an Info->Library dialog box, but I do have a
> Window->Library Dialog box.

Same thing, different GUI.

> Thus the old "foobar" no longer exists except in my PCB design.

Right.  You're replacing the footprint on the board with a new one.

> When I select this newlib footprint "foobar" from the Window->Library I
> can manually place it anywhere with a left mouse click. If I hold down
> the shift key and left mouse click on the old "foobar" footprint, then
> it just puts a new footprint over the old footprint.

You need a newer pcb; perhaps CVS.


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