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On Oct 26, 2012, at 6:56 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

But each one, as code, would be an ugly bug-prone kludge if pasted atop gschem's ancient foundation. If you want a modern approach, you should start with modern core code.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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