--- DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1) Long lines do funny things if zoomed in a lot. > > I've recently seen short lines and arcs get exploded > in the lesstif > version too, but haven't tracked it down yet.
The "new" GUI drawing code simply scales the line and then converts the (now overflowed coordinated) to short ints and sends them X to render. Before the HID came along, there was clipping code that prevented this coordinate overflow and thus produces correct drawing (usually). But the desire for eye-candy and "fluff" won out over correctness. Presenly in CVS only *polygons* are always rendered correctly regardless of zoom level. > > > 3) Auto router and manual line drawing tool > interpret line clearance > > differently. If clearance is set to 10 mil for a > particular route style, > > the auto routed lines will punch a 10 mil gap into > polygons. With manually > > drawn lines the gap is just 5 mil. I'd say, the > auto router is correct. > > According to the documentation, "clearance" is the > amount added to the > thickness of the line, so a 10 mil clearance should > result in a 5 mil > gap on each side of the line. At least, that's what > the file format > spec says. The file specs are for the file. The GUI interface should define clearance as the gap on each side. Just like "join" is compliment of clear-line, there are some historic strangenesses in the file format, but they should only apply to the file format. I believe the current CVS has the clearance correct for both manual and auto-routed lines. > > 4) Rubber band move of automatically generated > vias results in a mess of > > tracks. Some tiny tracklets seem to be expanded > rather than moved. One end stays where it was and the other moves with the via - the definition of rubber banding. Still, it's not what the user wants. This is already an open bug on the SF tracker. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
