Re: [Kicad-developers] BUG FIX: module text move

2013-08-06 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 07:44:59AM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > > Lastly, I feel a subsetting mechanism other than visibility, or layer, > > which we have now, > > must be done using a python or other type of expression, not just some > > noisy dialog with a > > million checkboxes. I don't kn

Re: [Kicad-developers] BUG FIX: module text move

2013-08-06 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 07:44:59AM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > The obvious should also be noted, and that is that if you first take the time > to move the > text out from under your small SMT component (say a small R or C), then you > don't have > this selection clarification menu popup, nor

Re: [Kicad-developers] BUG FIX: module text move

2013-08-06 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
>> Lastly, I feel a subsetting mechanism other than visibility, or layer, which >> we have now, >> must be done using a python or other type of expression, not just some noisy >> dialog with a >> million checkboxes. There are two paths to travel down this "python expression" path: a) either a

Re: [Kicad-developers] BUG FIX: module text move

2013-08-06 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/06/2013 07:33 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > > On Aug 6, 2013 4:05 AM, "Lorenzo Marcantonio" > wrote: >> >> On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 10:27:08AM +0200, jp charras wrote: >> > However, a more restrictive filtering could be done, and something >> > like a "text

Re: [Kicad-developers] BUG FIX: module text move

2013-08-06 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On Aug 6, 2013 4:05 AM, "Lorenzo Marcantonio" wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 10:27:08AM +0200, jp charras wrote: > > However, a more restrictive filtering could be done, and something > > like a "text positioning tool" could be just make by using a > > restrictive filtering ( for instance do n

Re: [Kicad-developers] BUG FIX: module text move

2013-08-06 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 10:27:08AM +0200, jp charras wrote: > However, a more restrictive filtering could be done, and something > like a "text positioning tool" could be just make by using a > restrictive filtering ( for instance do not include tracks in > search) when a silkscreen layer is the ac

Re: [Kicad-developers] BUG FIX: module text move

2013-08-06 Thread jp charras
Le 05/08/2013 23:19, Dick Hollenbeck a écrit : On 08/05/2013 04:01 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: Jean-Pierre, Rev 4271 probably reverses out a change you made to my original selection clarification work. I found I could not move a module text reference with M hotkey if it was tucked under a nei

Re: [Kicad-developers] BUG FIX: module text move

2013-08-05 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 04:19:36PM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > No, I revoke that suggestion. The answer is simply to turn off front or > back text > visibility, then the module text will not be selected and the selection > clarification menu > frequency goes down drastically. That's exactl

Re: [Kicad-developers] BUG FIX: module text move

2013-08-05 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 08/05/2013 04:01 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > Jean-Pierre, > > Rev 4271 probably reverses out a change you made to my original selection > clarification work. > > I found I could not move a module text reference with M hotkey if it was > tucked under a > neighboring module. > > My change re

[Kicad-developers] BUG FIX: module text move

2013-08-05 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Jean-Pierre, Rev 4271 probably reverses out a change you made to my original selection clarification work. I found I could not move a module text reference with M hotkey if it was tucked under a neighboring module. My change reverts to how it was originally written, however, it causes more po