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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Fwd: gaf improvement - moving of components
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On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak
<knaak AT iqo DOT uni-hannover DOT de> wrote:
> Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-
> user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>
>> Sorry to say this but I don't think you are supposed to join nets like
>> that. I said this back then. Other people cited nondescript technical
>> reasons.
>
> Unless I am mistaken, Vaclav does not want to join nets. He wants gschem
> to not disconnect pins from nets to which they are already connected to. I
> have to say, I completely agree. The tendency of gschem to pull net lines
> into shapes that disconnect from pins is disconnecting (pun intended :-).

I know this is going to sound crass but that is not proper drafting
technique. I am pretty sure I can find references for this fact.

> From a technical point of view, I don't see a fundamental issue. We
> already have the "kissing mode". Given two directly connected pins stay
> connected by a net line which is created on the fly if you pull one of the
> pins away. The behavior Vaclav proposes seems like an extension to this
> concept.

I hate kissing mode but I accept it in the name of compromise. I have
to since removing it would break other peoples art. To me it was
always a bug.

Moving a component off a diagonal line could be made to work but down
through it is fought with problems.

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