On Saturday 29 March 2008 21:35:55 Nate Nuzum wrote: > ">> I propose making a mini preview image of the entire circuit, > and then > > >> having a drag-able rectangle to preview what parts of the circuit get > >> exported. > > > >Um... surely you can already do: > > > > w <drag box> <click> f i > > > >Which actually lets you select the view you want exported *more* > >easily, > >because you don't have to poke around in a tiny preview image." > > Peter- > Wow, I see that is slick. As well as very fast for somebody who knows > the complete details of the program. It wasn't very intuitive to me, and > I doubt I would have figured that out until I had used the software for > maybe 10-20 hours.
"View"->"Zoom Box" (keystroke 'w') is very useful if you want to move around a
large schematic quickly -- I'm sure you would have found it quite soon!
> Maybe just an extra "Options" button on the location dialog would be
> suitable place for the advanced options including an extra resolution
> control, color-map selector and the dragable rectangle with
> mini-preview. That way, those who know the slick keystrokes, aren't
> hindered by an extra dialog to go through.
Heh, touché.
I'd personally like something a bit like the current print dialog -- the
export controls are lost relative to the file selector part of the dialog
box.
Be warned that *just* doing the colour map selector is something that will
require careful design work and getting some familiarity with gEDA's
configuration mechanism, due to the way that colour management is implemented
internally to libgeda.
Finally, Peter Clifton's suggestion of showing a "print area" on the main view
is a really good one, and for large schematics would be far superior to a
dragable rectangle in a mini-preview, IMHO.
Keep the ideas flying! They're sounding good so far. :)
Cheers,
Peter
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Peter Brett
Electronic Systems Engineer
Integral Informatics Ltd
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