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Re: gEDA-user: Warp pointer nonesense



On Mon, 2011-07-25 at 01:15 +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> Peter Clifton wrote on the other list where mere users are not allowed to post:

> My objection: I use regularily this feature to locate nets. It would be 
> a regression if it were removed without a replacement. Yes, it is less
> than perfect now. A better way to achieve the same goal would be:
> 
> 1) center the canvas on the feature to be warped to
> 2) move the cursor right on top of the feature
> 3) adjust zoom so that the diameter of the feature is about a tenth of 
> the canvas.
> 4) make the main window of PCB active
> 
> Do all this when explicitely asked for with a click on a warp-button.

Try the patch on geda-dev, see how that works as a first cut.
 
> PS: Please let users have a say, when it comes to GUI behavior.
> That is, discuss such topics in geda.user, not in geda devel.

Alternatively, ask Ales nicely, subscribe to geda-dev and discuss there.
There are a huge number of users on _this_ list who don't want to get
bogged down in details of an ongoing development discussion.

-- 
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!)
Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me)

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