Hi folks, This is the post where Garth expressed concern about merging due to the trackpad patch changing how things work. I think he's talking about the delta with the scrollwheel--not sure.
https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg15604.html Adam Wolf Cofounder and Engineer W&L On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:42 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2015-02-19 5:10 GMT+01:00 Garth Corral <gcor...@abode.com>: > > Hi, Nick > > > > There were a couple of things that prevented me from requesting a > merge. The first was simply that it had little to no testing on other than > OS X, and I wanted to get more flight time on other platforms and pointing > devices to make sure it behaves well. > > Ok. > > > The other thing that I can recall is that there is some work needed on > the preference for the 3d viewer and pl_editor. If I recall correctly, > there was no straightforward way to propagate the mouse preferences from > pcbnew to the 3d_canvas, and there was no place at all to hang the > preferences for pl_editor. Orson and I had a very brief conversation > on-list about where these prefs belong, but it wasn’t more than a passing > thought. I’m sure it these are solvable without too much drama, but it was > about this time that I was pulled away from kicad by an increased workload > at work and some family issues. > > Ahh yes, I remember that conversation now. But I am not quite sure > what the issue Adam was talking about in linux was. I mean, if it does > not change the behaivour of the default (current) behaivour it should > not be an issue IMO. > > > Since then I’ve tried to merge the product branch about once a week, but > I haven’t done much more than that. I hadn’t thought about requesting a > merge simply because I wasn’t sure I’d have the time to work on it. I can > try to make some more time for this if folks think it’s important, but I > can’t reliably predict the outcome. As it stands now it should be pretty > usable on OS X unless one or more of my merges went badly. I’m using it in > my builds and haven’t noticed anything, but I haven’t been exercising it as > much as I’d like. > > > > Garth > > > > > >> On Feb 17, 2015, at 10:48 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> You should try out Garth's OS X trackpad patch, see the email thread > >> > >> https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg15527.html > >> > >> It will add another option to the properties window, where you can > >> enable this feature, and it probably make it better to use for some > >> people. I have tested it on linux and found no issues, although I use > >> the default mode which I like better (usually). > >> > >> @Garth, is there any current issues with your patch that blocks merge? > >> > >> 2015-02-18 5:56 GMT+01:00 Bob Gustafson <bob...@rcn.com>: > >>> OK, View->default, I do see the scrollbars. > >>> View->openGL and View->Cairo, I don't see scrollbars. > >>> > >>> In all views, my trackpad (up-down or sideways) just controls the > zoom. No > >>> panning. > >>> > >>> What are the recommended settings for a built-in trackpad with one > clicker? > >>> > >>> Bob G > >>> > >>> > >>> On 02/17/2015 07:33 PM, Blair Bonnett wrote: > >>> > >>> On 18 February 2015 at 14:05, Maciej Sumiński <maciej.sumin...@cern.ch > > > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> In GAL mode there are no scrollbars by design, it is not a Mac OS X > >>>> issue. Do users miss them? > >>> > >>> Personally I'd never noticed there were scrollbars in the default > canvas, > >>> let alone that they were missing in GAL mode... > >>> > >>> A quick search on the bug tracker didn't turn up any complaints about > them > >>> missing. > >>> > >>> Bob: do you use the scrollbars because panning with the mousewheel > doesn't > >>> work for you, or is it more out of habit? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Blair > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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