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On 10/26/2012 08:56 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> Some 21st century GUI conventions I miss in gschem:
> 
> * tabs
> * dockable toolboxes
> * right-click to open a contextual menu
> * visual feedback for the current state of a tool
> * in place editing of strings
> * all UTF8 characters allowed in all strings
> * handles to manipulate objects
> * user preferencs set in a GUI
> * color preferences set with a color picker 
> * a printer dialog that displays the available printers
> * search and replace
> 
> None of them would make gschem loose its identity

  Those are all late 20th century IMO, except for UTF8 which isn't even
21st yet. ;)  But all kidding aside, I can certainly see these as being
good things, especially a real print dialog.

  Tabs.  Oh now tabs would be VERY nice.

  Search and replace...what do you mean here?  Does this make any sense
in the context of a schematic editor?

             -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA