I don't have any issues with this but it will only apply to new installs. Existing installs will have the last canvas selected in the user's kicad config.
On 12/30/2017 04:36 PM, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote: > The power of defaults ;) > > This is also something I have encountered has turned a lot of users > away, because when they try it, they dont really like the setup. So even > if they can change it, they give up before they realize they can. > > -Kristoffer > > On 12/30/2017 10:30 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 09:27:46PM +0000, Jeff Young wrote: >>> +1. >>> >>> (I used legacy for 6 months because I thought the only difference was >>> in rendering. I didn’t realise all the tools were different too….) >> >> I hear this a _lot_ from beginners. We're shipping so many cool new >> features that a surprising number of people don't know exist because we >> hide them. >> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Jeff. >>> >>>> On 30 Dec 2017, at 21:13, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.ch...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Pleeeeeeease! >>>> >>>> It makes no sense to use a canvas we call "legacy" as default. GAL may >>>> still not have 100% feature parity to allow _removing_ legacy but it's >>>> totally ready to be the default. >>>> >>>> On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 08:51:53PM +0000, José Ignacio wrote: >>>>> Since the GAL is pretty much feature complete (I have used it >>>>> exclusively >>>>> for the last year and a half) and the Cairo canvas has much improved >>>>> performance (it is *significantly* faster than legacy on my systems), >>>>> should pcbnew make the switch to have Cairo as the default canvas? >>>>> >>>>> I understand OpenGL may still be undesirable because some defective or >>>>> misconfigured systems may have crashing issues with kicad >>>>> preventing the >>>>> user to switch away from OpenGL, but that may even not be the case >>>>> anymore. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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
