Re: gEDA-user: PCB: Connecting Nets by hand

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> This is a good point.  Commercial layout programs allow you to
> double-click onto a trace and then edit its various properties.  How
> difficult would it be to make PCB do the same thing, or at least allow
> PCB to change the line width of the trace? 

Probably not difficult, just time consuming.  There's lots of little
things like that that seem little but involve a lot of code fiddling
to stitch them in.

> This is an interesting point.  I also am annoyed when I drag a
> component & it drags the end point of all attached tracks with it.  Is
> there any reason why this feature is needed or useful?  I can't think
> of any.  Other layout programs allow you to move only the component,
> and leave the tracks behind.

Shut off "enable rubber band mode" if you don't like it :-)