> > Philip wrote:
> >
> > Anytime I try to insert a point on an existing line (using
> > "i") xcircuit crashes.
> R. Timothy Edwards wrote:
>
> Okay, I just tracked down the problem and fixed it.
I just compiled and installed. Works!!
But doing so pointed out an annoyance (for me). Is there a way
to avoid having to muck around in /usr/local/lib every time I
install? When I "sudo make install" xcstartup.tcl gets
overwritten. I did figure out I could put my library setup in
~/.xcircuitrc - but unless I comment out the library setup in
xcstartup.tcl I get the content of both. And it's not that I
don't like your libraries! *smiles*
Is the list really down? I'm not seeing any new archive
content. The last one I see is your post on 2011-09-04 stating
the list is back up...
Then while I'm dreaming....
Is it possible to anchor to a page corner rather than the
center? I used a title block box that should always be all
the way in the corner. I sure like the new ability to
manually add a "bounding box" and enter a horizontal or
vertical size and have the output scaled - but if I don't get
the bounding box aspect just right, the title box on that
page doesn't match the others.
And, I'm still struggling with libraries, in particular
the dialog box that opens for creating an object ("M") and
saving a technology page. If my cursor has to cross any other
window, the text entry field is cleared. I work around this
when creating an object by typing the fully qualified name
with the "::". Just a slight annoyance.
However, the same behavior occurs when I'm trying to save a
technology page. I will choose "write all" from the menu and
often I have to choose "force" because the technology page I
just changed isn't listed. (Sometimes I don't have a "force"
button. I haven't figure out the when or why). With the
"force" dialog open, if I just click on "write", I get "Error,
file name required" - I _think_ from the library page trying
to save. (technology page? So far my libraries each consist
of one technology. Call it holdover from the old
way. *smiles* )
I have found that I can click on the white box with a dash
("-") that is next to each of the library/technology I can
save them one at a time and the (necessary) full path to the
file is filled in - except if my cursor has can't move from
the "force" dialog to the "write" dialog the text box is
cleared.
My choice then is to cancel and try again, and again, and
again, until the window manager (openbox), or whoever, happent
to place the "write" dialog so it intersects with the "force"
dialog so I can move my cursor without clearing the text
field. Or by using copy/paste (I depend on "tab" to spell my
path names...) to fill in the path since there isn't a
"browse" option.
Is this normal behavior? Would it be hard to provide a browse
function to the technology write dialog box? Or am I just
doing something wrong (again)?
Anyway, after all that complaining, I still think Xcircuit is
the top program for doing this type of drawings. I use
inkscape, gimp, qcad, and bricscad pretty heavily (and others
not so heavily) and xcircuit requires less attention than any
of the others thereby leaving my brain to think about the
_drawing_, not about how to do this action. I'm even kinda
getting used to canceling the selection after a "select then
move". Most of the time. *grin* It continues to be the
easiest, fastest, and most accurate draw application.
Thank you.
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