On 5 February 2014 06:11, Brian Sidebotham <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Henner, > > In EESCHEMA, under Preferences->Hotkeys->Edit Hotkeys, you can edit > the hotkeys and set Backspace as the Delete function. > Uh, life can be so simple at times :) > > However, I notice that changing the Delete function hotkey doesn't > work. mmh, I just tried it, and it actually worked: went to hotkeys, selected the field with 'Del' in it and pressed Backspace. That worked for me. This was compiled from head. Only difference could be the wxWidgets version ? I am using it with 2.8; I shall try with a newer version to see if that is working. > This in fact should be filed as a bug; So please file a bug > report on Launchpad so it can be fixed, or else feel free to apply a > patch that fixes this bug instead. The best method is to file a bug > report on launchpad and issue a patch to fix it at the same time, but > at least if there's a bug report someone else can maybe fix it before > you get around to it. > > Thank-you for highlighting the issue. > > Best Regards, > > Brian. > > On 5 February 2014 05:02, Henner Zeller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > My notebook has a keyboard that doesn't have a 'Delete' key, only > > 'Backspace'. This makes deleting objects in eeschema quite cumbersome as > > this always requires to use the right-mouse button menu. > > > > Since 'Backspace' is not bound to anything in eeschema, this patch adds > the > > Backspace key to be equivalent to the Delete key: removing the object > under > > the cursor. > > > > View patch here: > > > https://github.com/hzeller/kicad/compare/master...delete-and-backspace-equiv > > > > Download patch here: > > > https://github.com/hzeller/kicad/compare/master...delete-and-backspace-equiv.patch > > > > Since I am new to this codebase, I am not sure if this is the right way > to > > add another hotkey or if there is better way to get this same > functionality. > > If everything is ok, then I'd be happy to see this added to upstream. > > > > Thanks, > > -henner > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > >
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