Ooh, I like! I'll test and merge this tonight if nobody else complains. I have no problem with showing a hint when no origin has been set.
Note for the future, use _() instead of wxT() to make a string that can be translated - and a couple bits don't follow the defined coding style. I'll just fix it myself this time though, NBD :) On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 12:16:51AM +0200, Martin d'Allens wrote: > I think that the current ruler feature works great. Unfortunately > people don't discover it easily. > There are frequent questions on the user forum that we just answer by > mentioning the space hotkey and how it works. > > Here is a patch that could solve this problem: > https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/compare/master...Caerbannog:master.patch > The patch needs improvements to show the current shortcut if "space" > was changed. > > The idea is to show a hint about the space shortcut instead of the DX > DY values until the key has been pressed. > There is no disadvantage since the DX and DY values will be redundant > with the X and Y until the key has been pressed. > > > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Эльдар Хайруллин > <eldar.khayrul...@mail.ru> wrote: > > Hello. I think he want to see additional fields with delta_x and delta_y > > (and maybe distance) relative of latest start point of drawing graphic > > primitive (like line) but he doesn't want to reset the user origin. > > > > > > Вторник, 10 мая 2016, 17:25 +03:00 от Wayne Stambaugh > > <stambau...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > I don't like the idea of a "smart" origin either. When I set the user > > origin, it's typically to place multiple objects on a given x or y > > coordinate. I don't want kicad thinking it's smarter than I am and > > reset the user origin relative to where I started drawing some object. > > To me that would be more annoying than useful. > > > > On 5/10/2016 10:19 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > >> Because that's only useful once in the entire session using pcbnew. Once > >> you've > >> set an origin once you can't use that anymore. What's the point? > >> > >> I quite like the simplicity of the tool as it is. It's a ruler that you > >> can > >> move around. Why do you need a ruler that's smart and picks itself up once > >> in a > >> while? That just seems confusing. > >> > >> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 08:15:52AM -0600, Duane Johnson wrote: > >>> I can see how this is useful once you know to press space bar. But what > >>> if > >>> it assumes an implicit origin in the following case: > >>> - no explicit origin has been set > >>> - the user is drawing a shape > >>> On May 10, 2016 12:39 AM, "Nick Østergaard" <oe.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/en/pcbnew.html#_displaying_cursor_coordinates > >>>> > >>>> 2016-05-09 22:44 GMT+02:00 Collin Anderson <metacol...@electropi.mp>: > >>>>> Hit space bar, it will set the origin for dx and dy. It's useful for > >>>> seeing where the cursor is relative to the most recent 'origin' set with > >>>> the spacebar. I use it all the time :). > >>>>> -- > >>>>> "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Isaac Asimov > >>>>> > >>>>>> On May 9, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Duane Johnson <duane.john...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> When I create a rectangle, or line, I frequently want to know what the > >>>> size of the rectangle is (width and height). I would have assumed that's > >>>> what "dx" and "dy" in the footer/status bar are for; however, it seems > >>>> like > >>>> in all cases, they simply reflect the same values as "X" and "Y". Am I > >>>> missing something, or is this something to be fixed? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>> Duane > >>>>>> <Screenshot 2016-05-09 14 > >>>> .37.18.png>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>>>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>>>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >>>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > С уважением, > > Эльдар Хайруллин > > eldar.khayrul...@mail.ru > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
