Re: [Kicad-developers] Immediate actions

2019-06-14 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 6/14/19 10:10 AM, Jeff Young wrote: > Hi Wayne, > >> On 14 Jun 2019, at 14:42, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> >> On 6/14/19 7:59 AM, Jeff Young wrote: >>> My plan had been to support both two-step (first selects tool; second draws >>> object) and immediate (always draws) actions, and let the user

Re: [Kicad-developers] Immediate actions

2019-06-14 Thread Jean-Paul Louis
Jeff,In your case of moving a part, it would be better to select move tool, move one or more parts, then dismiss to return to routing. In complex boards, routing a trace often involve moving more than one part. Just my two cents after using cad tools for 30 years. Jean-Paul N1JPL  Sent from Yaho

Re: [Kicad-developers] Immediate actions

2019-06-14 Thread Jeff Young
Hi Wayne, > On 14 Jun 2019, at 14:42, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > On 6/14/19 7:59 AM, Jeff Young wrote: >> My plan had been to support both two-step (first selects tool; second draws >> object) and immediate (always draws) actions, and let the user assign the >> hotkey to the one they prefer. >

Re: [Kicad-developers] Immediate actions

2019-06-14 Thread Jeff Young
That was my thought: sort of a push-tool/pop-tool. > On 14 Jun 2019, at 14:36, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > > On 2019-06-14 07:59, Jeff Young wrote: >> My plan had been to support both two-step (first selects tool; second >> draws object) and immediate (always draws) actions, and let the user >> assi

Re: [Kicad-developers] Immediate actions

2019-06-14 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 6/14/19 7:59 AM, Jeff Young wrote: > My plan had been to support both two-step (first selects tool; second draws > object) and immediate (always draws) actions, and let the user assign the > hotkey to the one they prefer. > > But I’m discovering a bunch of things that are unsettling about it.

Re: [Kicad-developers] Immediate actions

2019-06-14 Thread Seth Hillbrand
On 2019-06-14 07:59, Jeff Young wrote: My plan had been to support both two-step (first selects tool; second draws object) and immediate (always draws) actions, and let the user assign the hotkey to the one they prefer. But I’m discovering a bunch of things that are unsettling about it. It hard

[Kicad-developers] Immediate actions

2019-06-14 Thread Jeff Young
My plan had been to support both two-step (first selects tool; second draws object) and immediate (always draws) actions, and let the user assign the hotkey to the one they prefer. But I’m discovering a bunch of things that are unsettling about it. It hard to discover if we chose the default o