Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-05 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Peter Clifton wrote: > There are also different DRC rules on certain objects on inner layers > for some fabs IIRC. And of course, DRC constraints depend on the thickness of the copper layer. This was a big deal with my big project a few weeks ago. Because the top contains fine pitch SMD componen

Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-02 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 17:35 -0700, Russell Dill wrote: > > I'll just sit back and wish for auto-route style by net property. > Yes, I still think that old wish would be an improvement. One more step from a "painting" program to real EDA. Having properties/attributes like width, clearance, imped

Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-02 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 09:46:02 -0700 Andrew Poelstra wrote: > On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 03:02:51AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > > > Can we use toggle buttons instead of radio buttons for the > > > route style selector? It would look like so: > > > > > > http://wpso

Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-02 Thread Russell Dill
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Peter Clifton wrote: > On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 20:26 -0700, Russell Dill wrote: >> >> Throwing out a crazy idea.. in word-processors etc.., "styles" are found >> >> in a drop-down combo-box. I know that doesn't fit so well with where we >> >> have space for the route

Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-02 Thread Peter Clifton
On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 20:26 -0700, Russell Dill wrote: > >> Throwing out a crazy idea.. in word-processors etc.., "styles" are found > >> in a drop-down combo-box. I know that doesn't fit so well with where we > >> have space for the route-style selector, but just a crazy though. > >> > > > > One d

Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-02 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 03:02:51AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > Can we use toggle buttons instead of radio buttons for the > > route style selector? It would look like so: > > > > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/toggle.png > > > > This gives more clickable area

Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-02 Thread DJ Delorie
FWIW, I never use the style "buttons" in lesstif (they're a tear-off menu). I always open the style editor and use that instead - it has buttons to select the style, but *also* tells me what the style is, and lets me tweak it as I go. ___ geda-user ma

Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-02 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Peter Clifton wrote: > Throwing out a crazy idea.. in word-processors etc.., "styles" are > found in a drop-down combo-box. I know that doesn't fit so well with > where we have space for the route-style selector, but just a crazy > though. In my humble opinon, the space would be used better by an

Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-02 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Andrew Poelstra wrote: > Can we use toggle buttons instead of radio buttons for the > route style selector? It would look like so: > > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/toggle.png > > This gives more clickable area and a cleaner look, I think. The look is still inconsistent. The buttons are cen

Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-02 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:55:10 -0700 Andrew Poelstra wrote: > Can we use toggle buttons instead of radio buttons for the > route style selector? It would look like so: > > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/toggle.png > > This gives more clickable area and a cleaner look, I think. While we're thin

Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-01 Thread Russell Dill
>> Throwing out a crazy idea.. in word-processors etc.., "styles" are found >> in a drop-down combo-box. I know that doesn't fit so well with where we >> have space for the route-style selector, but just a crazy though. >> > > One day, when we support an unlimited number of route styles. ;) > Yes,

Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-01 Thread Andrew Poelstra
On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 02:32:44AM +0100, Peter Clifton wrote: > > I don't know, but my personal feeling is that toggle buttons are a PITA, > and they don't look that natural in this application. Pretty much for > the same reason as we didn't like them in the layer selector - which > you've just d

Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-01 Thread Peter Clifton
On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 10:55 -0700, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > Hey all, > > Can we use toggle buttons instead of radio buttons for the > route style selector? It would look like so: > > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/toggle.png > > This gives more clickable area and a cleaner look, I think. I d

Re: gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-01 Thread Russell Dill
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > Hey all, > > Can we use toggle buttons instead of radio buttons for the > route style selector? It would look like so: > > http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/toggle.png > > This gives more clickable area and a cleaner look, I think. > Dun

gEDA-user: pcb gtk: Toggle buttons for route styles?

2011-09-01 Thread Andrew Poelstra
Hey all, Can we use toggle buttons instead of radio buttons for the route style selector? It would look like so: http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/toggle.png This gives more clickable area and a cleaner look, I think. -- Andrew Poelstra Email: asp11 at sfu.ca OR apoelstra at wpsoftware.net