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Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:35:11 +1300
From: "Lilith Bryant (dark141 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] gshem, pcb, arrow movement
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On 2015-12-07 02:12:07 PM, Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Nicklas Karlsson (
> nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
> > Arrow keys may be used for movement and in gschem "background" is moved
> > while in pcb pointer is moved. It would be good if both used same keys.
> > movement of "background" in gschem with arrows is useful but arrow to
> move
> > pointer for fine tuning in pcb is quite a lot more useful.
> >
> > Then I use them earlier today I thought it might be worth a try to
> combine
> > them so that background is moved and pointer is moved relative to
> > background although it stay at same point on screen.
> >
> 
> The two should ship with the same mouse and key movement system.  There's
> no reason to have them work differently by default, and it takes a long
> time to get used to switching between them.  The existing behavior must
> still be available as an option of course.
> 
> I also think pcb system is a bit better than gschem, but there's also the
> question of which is more typical of other similar interfaces.  I don't
> know what the default behavior should be exactly, but it should be
> consistent.
> 

The thing that gets me every time, is that you can only drag selected lines in
pcb, and only UNselected lines in gschem (or is it the other way around?).