On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 20:32 +0000, Peter Clifton wrote: Just realised.. this is similar (ish) in feel to the way gschem draws buses. I really don't think gschem buses, nets (and lines) SHOULD have different placement rules. Clearly people will be used to the existing ways though, so perhaps any changes will eventually need to be switchable at runtime.
> Another possible logic to consider (which I've seen in some pacakge, but > can't remember which..) is to have a net drawing like this: > > 2. X-Axis becomes fixed when you: > | > \|/ > -------- <--- 1. (Y-Axis already fixed from previous segment start) > | > | /|\ > |/--- 3. Click here, but | > ------------------------------ 4. this last horiz. segment > | can still move up and down. > \|/ > > Ending on a pin or double clicking (perhaps) would end drawing. > > > Each click constrains one axis of the previous line segment joint, and > one of the place where you clicked. IIRC, It also adds a single segment > at a time, making the: > > -------- | > | or | > | -------- jump a little more intuitive. -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
