Re: [Kicad-developers] Hotkeys Editor

2018-01-11 Thread Thomas Kindler
button entirely in this case. > On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 12:35 AM, Thomas Kindler > <mail_ubu...@t-kindler.de> > wrote: > > >> >> On Thu, January 11, 2018 02:07, Seth Hillbrand wrote: >> >>> I feel that there is a usability issue with the current hotkey

Re: [Kicad-developers] Hotkeys Editor

2018-01-11 Thread Thomas Kindler
erence between "Reset" and "Defaults"? I think "Undo" and "Defaults" would be much better. -- Thomas Kindler <m...@t-kindler.de> ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-deve

Re: [Kicad-developers] [REQUEST] Default library install location

2017-11-09 Thread Thomas Kindler
ts are required. It's like unix config files -- don't like the defaults of /etc/bashrc? just copy it to ~/.bashrc and edit away! -- Thomas Kindler ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.lau

Re: [Kicad-developers] [REQUEST] Default library install location

2017-11-08 Thread Thomas Kindler
cial release some time ago, but now have a slightly broken (perhaps auto-updated) library. On the other hand -- if a users /wants/ to make changes, he needs a proper GIT clone anyways. > > On 11/8/2017 10:54 PM, Thomas Kindler wrote: > >> On Wed, November 8, 2017 22:18, easyw wrote:

Re: [Kicad-developers] [REQUEST] Default library install location

2017-11-08 Thread Thomas Kindler
h path: 1. $PROJECT/library# very useful for project-specific things 2. ~/.KiCAD/library# useful for contributor work 3. /usr/share/KiCAD/library# default for simple users Of course, users could insert their own location like a company file server.. best regards, --

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Right click option to change layer and render color

2017-10-31 Thread Thomas Kindler
On Thu, September 21, 2017 17:25, Seppe Stas wrote: > This patch makes it possible to change the color of layers and render > options using the right click menu. [..] I think having a checkbox for "High Contrast Mode" (Hotkey H) would be a nice addition to this menu! best regards, Thomas

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] New color selector for GAL canvas, and more easy support of opacity.

2017-10-31 Thread Thomas Kindler
On Mon, July 17, 2017 19:20, jp charras wrote: > Attached a patch which adds a new (and I hope better) color selector for > GAL canvas, with support of opacity. I think I found a small bug - when the opacity is changed using the "{" / "}" hotkeys, the value in the dialog isn't updated. best

Re: [Kicad-developers] GitHub Plugin (my nemesis)

2017-10-02 Thread Thomas Kindler
, keep in mind that a repository never gets smaller, it only grows as > changes are made. > Yes, but it will grow *very* slowly. Footprints and Library symbols are text files that compress and diff great. The generated 3D models might be another story. > [..] best regards, -- Thomas Kind

Re: [Kicad-developers] GitHub Plugin (my nemesis)

2017-09-23 Thread Thomas Kindler
integration in KiCad (I get the warm > fuzzy feeling when I write this :-)) A side-by-side graphical diff viewer would be nice! -- Thomas Kindler ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net

Re: [Kicad-developers] GitHub Plugin (my nemesis)

2017-09-23 Thread Thomas Kindler
Hi all! After reading all the other messages, here are my two cents: The KiCAD installer should just offer to do a full git clone of kicad-footprints and kicad-libray (which will be split into 3D, templates, etc. for the 5.0 release as I understand). A full clone takes 3.8 GB. A shallow clone

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] kicad right click menu corrections and few icons corrections

2017-06-02 Thread Thomas Kindler
Hi José! On 02.06.2017 17:05, José Ignacio wrote: > The use of "..." for menu items that show a dialog with extra options > necessary to perform the operation has been in Microsoft's UX guidelines and > apple's HIG since time immemorial: > >

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D Mouse (Spacenavigator) support

2017-05-15 Thread Thomas Kindler
On 15.05.2017 19:10, mrkenhoff wrote: > I would like to add support for the SpaceNavigator 3D mouse if nobody objects. > [...] Nice! I think it would be best in the 3D Viewer. Altium already has this, and it's lots of fun to fly through a PCB. Perhaps you can take the implementation, behaviour,

Re: [Kicad-developers] [FEATURE] Component table viewer

2017-05-05 Thread Thomas Kindler
Hi Oliver! I also tried the new component table viewer, and think that it looks very promising! I'm switching over from Altium which makes extensive use of List and Property dock panels, so I would like to provide some feedback: * There should be a warning if there are uncommitted changes.