Re: [Kicad-developers] No blueprint discussions?

2015-10-09 Thread Tomasz Wlostowski
On 09.10.2015 13:27, Markus Hitter wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm new to this list and there are apparently no searchable list > archives, so I hope it's not too much to simply ask. > > Hi Markus, Usability is a major concern for us. Kicad has a lot UI quirks that made it look and feel radically

[Kicad-developers] No blueprint discussions?

2015-10-09 Thread Markus Hitter
Hello all, I'm new to this list and there are apparently no searchable list archives, so I hope it's not too much to simply ask. In search of best practices I currently read a lot of documentation and also visit forums. One pretty obvious thing is that the learning curve for editing is

Re: [Kicad-developers] No blueprint discussions?

2015-10-09 Thread Moses McKnight
On 10/09/2015 06:50 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote: On 09.10.2015 13:27, Markus Hitter wrote: Hello all, Track deletion is of course supported, but it works more like in mainstream software - select the item and press Delete. I think the main complaint was that deletion doesn't work while the

Re: [Kicad-developers] No blueprint discussions?

2015-10-09 Thread Mário Luzeiro
Moses, I notice that Tomasz point that it was based in other SW packages, some are CAD examples. I agree with you also (and with the things on that post) but maybe the propose (if Altium and Cadence is doing it) that way is to protect the editing (to prevent mistakes? ) Maybe they (Tomasz) can

[Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Update copyright year in template

2015-10-09 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, this should get us over the next three months. Simon --- copyright.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/copyright.h b/copyright.h index 79a50ec..4110151 100644 --- a/copyright.h +++ b/copyright.h @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ may choose to document this

Re: [Kicad-developers] No blueprint discussions?

2015-10-09 Thread Moses McKnight
On 10/09/2015 10:18 AM, Markus Hitter wrote: Am 09.10.2015 um 16:27 schrieb Moses McKnight: Kicad is a specialized tool, not a general graphics program Perhaps you miss a bit the point that it still does the very same as these generic graphics apps: draw lines of a specific width onto a

Re: [Kicad-developers] No blueprint discussions?

2015-10-09 Thread Markus Hitter
Am 09.10.2015 um 16:27 schrieb Moses McKnight: > Kicad is a specialized tool, not a general graphics program Perhaps you miss a bit the point that it still does the very same as these generic graphics apps: draw lines of a specific width onto a canvas. Generic graphics artists don't make their