Re: gEDA-user: pcb, strange line tool bug

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 21:56 +0200, Stefan Salewski wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 23.10.2008, 15:01 +0200 schrieb Stefan Salewski:
> > pcb version 20080202 GTK
> > 
> > When I click in the drawing area with active line tool nothing visible
> > happens, the thin red outlines of the trace are not drawn. After second
> > mouse click trace become visible, but red outlines are still missing.
> > Selecting an other tool and than selecting line tool again does not help
> > -- outlines are again invisible.
> > 
> > After some testing I find: If I select "Crosshair shows DRC clearance"
> > outline is drawn again, and if I deselect this menu point, all is OK
> > again.
> > 
> 
> Happened just again:
> 
> Seems not be related to undo. I was not able to enforce this bug, but
> after a few hours of working it occurs. Additional observation:
> The outline, which is drawn when the SEL tool is active and elements are
> moved is not drawn if this bug is active. The outline of via tool (red
> circle) is also broken. After selecting "Crosshair shows DRC
> clearance" (and maybe deselecting again) all works again.

Note to self and other PCB developers, I wonder if the problem is that
the GC used for outline drawing is getting left setup with the incorrect
colour.

-- 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
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