Re: [Kicad-developers] Preliminary angle and distances sweep

2013-04-30 Thread yann jautard
Le 30/04/2013 20:07, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : (...) I wonder what the poor first time user must think. My guess is that most users think in degrees. Agreed. And this is a "simple user" point of view :) I wondered a long time why angles have to be decidegrees and not a more classical xxx.

Re: [Kicad-developers] Preliminary angle and distances sweep

2013-04-30 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 02:07:27PM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > This user would rather UI angles be in degrees not deci-degrees. I've > been bit by this several times recently because I don't use arcs > frequently and forget (insert old guy joke here) that I have to multiply > angles by 10 when

Re: [Kicad-developers] Preliminary angle and distances sweep

2013-04-30 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 4/30/2013 1:01 PM, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:13:19AM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>> - When going from double to int (geometrically) a KiROUND should be used >>> instead of a int cast >> >> Yes, as soon as you enable arbitrary degrees. (We've not done that to t

Re: [Kicad-developers] Preliminary angle and distances sweep

2013-04-30 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:13:19AM -0500, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > > - When going from double to int (geometrically) a KiROUND should be used > > instead of a int cast > > Yes, as soon as you enable arbitrary degrees. (We've not done that to this > point.) Not only for degrees, but especially

Re: [Kicad-developers] Preliminary angle and distances sweep

2013-04-30 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
Lorenzo, I am going to try again. I am spending my time here, and if this results in another argument I feel you will have lost me forever. You have to decide whether you want to be stubborn, or actually part of team, able to see other people's points of view. Stubborn (and right in your own