On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 11:31:52AM +0100, Peter Clifton wrote: > On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 01:37 +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > > Peter Clifton wrote: > > > > > adding a feature for snapping to off-grid points along the body of a > > > track. > > > > Sounds good, but I don't quite understand the details. Where exactly > > are these points? > > Try it and you will see ;) > > Basically, when you're over the line, the snap code picks the nearest > grid point to where your mouse pointer is, then casts out from it in > vertical, horizontal and both 45 degree angles in between, until it hits > the line your mouse pointer is over. > > Any of the intersections between the cast lines and the line you're over > will snap - the closest to your mouse pointer is choesen. >
My first impression is that I like it. Now I can draw certain lines on very fine grids and not have to worry when working on coarser ones. The old behavior was very frustrating. -- Andrew Poelstra Email: asp11 at sfu.ca OR apoelstra at wpsoftware.net Web: http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/ _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
