Josef Wolf wrote: > So this feature can save at most one click?
It provides a means to reliably hit that tiny spot of a pin point, while zoomed out. The feature is "magnetic-mode". it is not "auto-complete". > At the expense of using the undo functionality fairly often? Well, I can't recall to have entered your szenario, ever. So I certainly do not use undo faily often, because of it. > In fact, I was trying to find a > way to draw the connection in question for several hours before I > posted to the list. For the archive: The "correct" way is to provide one or more additional node with a click somewhere on the empty canvas. If gschem insists on a poin, where you don't want the net to go (hinted by the circle), then hold the [ctrl] key and the circle will always stay with the mouse cursor. > IMHO, this works against user expectation. After all, the whole point > of the circle is to signal the user where the connection would be > done. Connecting to anything other is not exactly what the user would > expect. Fair enough. > From the perspective of the user it is totally irrelevant > what algorithm is used internally. But it is relevant to know, what this mode is intended for -- magnetic- mode, not auto-complete. I am sure, you got the point now :-) >> (Auto routing for nets would be a great, nerdy feature :-) > > I tend to disagree here. It works against user expectation. It > _would_ be a useful feature _if_ it would be disabled automatically > in situations where it would connect to something different than the > point where the circle is shown. IMHO, silent denial of service would make matters worse. It would create a sense of uneasiness and loss of control -- "sometimes, the tool works, sometimes it goes on strike...". A pop-up warning would be the better choice. Text might be something along the lines "Could not connect with a straight L" ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak Email: k...@familieknaak.de http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x6C0B9F53 increasingly unhappy with moderation of geda-user _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
