Re: gEDA-user: git HEAD PCB now supports user-defined holes in polygons

[kai-martin knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Clifton wrote:

> I think you might be on my "local_customisation_before_pours" branch,
> rather than my "before_pours" branch.

I thought I did "git reset --hard origin/before_pours". But may be not. I 
just fetched, did a reset and compiled at home and did not get the changed 
zoom behavior. 


>> Other CAD applications have
>> elaborate ways to choose between literally hundreds of tools. A simple
>> means would be to allow for modifier-click on the button.
> 
> You idea sounds good - but I'll have to ask you to send the patch ;)

Maybe a project for my personal little summer of code. Just don't hold your 
breath.


> Perhaps a click on the polygon tool ought to expand with a pop-up with
> sub-variants of the tool to choose from?

Back in 1999 Microstation by Bentley did it this way:

left click = do the default action

right-click-drag = a horizontal menu with several icons representing 
different modes of the tool appears. The icon that is highlicghted on mouse 
button release is executed.

right-click = the horizontal appears. Left-click on an icon makes this mode 
the default of the tool. 

That way you can deal with a multitude of modes and get an intuitive way to 
configure the default to your own, special needs.  OK, this is certainly too 
much for pcb in its current state. But it shows, what a powerful GUI can do. 

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