Also this message didn't reach the list: On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:14 AM Kymatica <j.r.liljed...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > With quick and easy I wasn’t actually referring to the coding involved, but > to the user experience: when I fire up the simulator I (as a user) just want > to see the results and look at the plots, with as little confusion as > possible regarding which trace is which, or which trace belongs to which > scale. I don’t want to configure anything. But perhaps I missunderstood, and > that the proposal wasn’t to have style config per trace/signal but per trace > type? (Volt, Current, Mag, Phase) Because traces are volatile, you add and > remove them many times depending on what you want to see. > > /Jonatan > > > 21 nov. 2019 kl. 21:55 skrev Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com>: > > > > On 11/21/19 2:36 PM, Kymatica wrote: > >> The idea here was to simply use a different visual style for the traces > >> that are plotted for the secondary y axis, to make it easy to see which > >> scale the trace belongs to without having to look it up in the signals > >> list. > >> > >> Per trace configuration could be nice, at least if preparing images for > >> presentation. But for everyday simulation work I’d just want it quick > >> and easy. > > > > I understand the temptation to do the quick and easy hack. We have all > > done it. From a project maintenance perspective, allowing developers to > > merge their personal quick hacks quickly makes a mess of the KiCad code > > base. This is why I would prefer that we carefully consider what trace > > drawing options we want to support so we can design a solution that > > works over the long term. > > > >> > >> /Jonatan > >> > >>>> 21 nov. 2019 kl. 18:34 skrev Ian McInerney <ian.s.mciner...@ieee.org>: > >>> > >>> > >>> This is probably introducing major feature creep, but it would be nice > >>> to develop a dialog that allows setting the per-trace characteristics > >>> (such as color, line type, line width, etc) that this could go in. > >>> Where we put the accessors to it, I am not sure (it would be great if > >>> we could link it with the legend fields). Then we can add in more > >>> configuration options there as we implement them. > >>> > >>> -Ian > >>> > >>> On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 5:26 PM Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com > >>> <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Jonatan, > >>> > >>> I just tested this and it seems to work as expected although I'm > >>> thinking it might be a good idea to make this a configuration option > >>> rather than the only behavior. Users might not find this desirable. > >>> Anyone else have any thoughts on this? For future reference, when you > >>> are going to make behavioral changes to KiCad, please ping the dev > >>> mailing list first for feedback. I would have made the option > >>> suggestion before you began coding. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> > >>> Wayne > >>> > >>> On 11/19/19 11:30 AM, Jonatan Liljedahl wrote: > >>>> This patch makes it easier to visually keep apart traces for current > >>>> vs voltage and phase vs magnitude, by using dotted line style for > >>>> current and phase traces. > >>>> > >>>> To get the dotted style drawn correctly, I had to switch from > >>> drawing > >>>> each trace line segment individually to creating an array and then > >>>> using DrawLines() on it, so that the whole trace is one continuous > >>>> line. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >>> <mailto: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 > >>> <mailto: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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