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Re: gEDA-user: Pressing "=" key causes PCB to freeze for a few minutes
On Wed, 18 May 2011 13:54:15 +0200
Gabriel Paubert <paubert@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 03:04:18PM -0400, Vanessa Ezekowitz wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 May 2011 23:29:46 +0200
> > Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Peter Clifton wrote:
> > >
> > > >> the two '=' or remove the whole part 'a={"=" "<Key>="}', what will
> > > >> remove this key-binding for this menu-item.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I can recommend removing this key binding.
> > > >
> > > > I do in my local builds for the same reason, plus the fact that
> > > > sometimes the optimiser makes mistakes and causes shorts on my boards!
> >
> > For me, the Auto-Optimize step (in particular the Unjaggy and De-bumpify
> > optimizations) actually removes some hand-placed vias - particularly
> > those which I've placed up against an SMT pad as part of hand-routing the
> > majority of the board. I only noticed this today, but I can't be sure
> > when that behavior started.
> >
> > As for keys, I would like to see a default hotkey added to turn
> > Orthogonal Moves on/off (I toggle this setting quite frequently while
> > cleaning up after the autorouter).
>
> Ditto. What about "+" which is a little cross after all?
>
> I'm aware it's Shift-= on american keyboards, which is currently
> defined as auto-optimize.
Fittingly unshifted "=" would also work, since the two lines could imply "parallel", as in move the object parallel to the path the mouse takes.
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Vanessa Ezekowitz <vanessaezekowitz@xxxxxxxxx>
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