On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 02:07:27PM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > This user would rather UI angles be in degrees not deci-degrees. I've > been bit by this several times recently because I don't use arcs > frequently and forget (insert old guy joke here) that I have to multiply > angles by 10 when I enter them into arc edit dialog. It is always > frustrating when you enter 45 into the dialog thinking you will get a 45 > degree arc and you end up with a 4.5 degree arc and I know that KiCad > uses deci-degrees externally and internally. I wonder what the poor > first time user must think. My guess is that most users think in degrees.
That's a blatantly good idea... however, as Dick like to say, it's on the 'other side'. Also I really suck in doing UI code. Probably the best time to add it would be when enabling arbitrary angles, since it would have to handle a 'to double' conversion instead of a 'to int' one. Otherwise, for the moment, it should be constrained to only one decimal place and I think that would be wasted work. About the comments around the code talking about internal usage of degrees instead of decidegrees, would it be some advantage in doing so? I don't think so... -- Lorenzo Marcantonio Logos Srl _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
