On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:34:58 -0700 yamazakir2 <yamazak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree, magnetic mode is an instant disable for me everytime I > install gschem Agreed... I like the idea of magnetic mode, especially when drawing nets when zoomed out pretty far--it can be hard to click exactly on the tip of the pin to which you want to connect. However, it usually decides to draw the net directly through other components and sometimes even intersects the tips of other pins, causing erroneous connections!!! What might be ideal would be the opposite of the current mode: an opt-in rather than opt-out use of the modifier key. Suppose magnetic net mode could be activated momentarily by Ctrl+clicking. You could easily and without extra effort click intermediate points to route the net line where you want it to go, then finally tell gschem to terminate the net line on a pin by Ctrl+clicking “approximately” on the tip of the pin to end it there. Another thing that might make working with nets easier is it took fewer clicks to move vertices. Similar to how it is often irritating to have to (1) Click, (2) Pause, (3) Click+Drag a symbol to move it *, to move a line you have to click it, then click and drag either the line itself or one of its endpoints. Whenever I move a symbol after drawing nets to it, it's a little irritating to have to click so many times to alter the lines. Especially if I move a symbol perpendicular to the net lines attached to it, then the net lines become non-orthogonal (not parallel to X or Y axis) so I have to move TWO vertices in general if I have an “L” in the net, because moving the vertex on one lines doesn't also move the other line sharing that vertex... * I know about the 'm' key now and I do use it often, but it's still annoying to not be able to just click and drag a component in one smooth action, as new users expect to be able to do. Regards, Colin _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
