What version of kicad did he test? Den 13. sep. 2017 5.45 AM skrev "Strontium" <[email protected]>:
> Hi all, > > Background: My father is a hardware engineer, he has been doing it since > the early 70s learning in the RAAF, laying boards using tape, so he has a > lot of experience. He is retired, but still likes to design boards, and I > have convinced him to give KiCAD a go. He has been using old versions of > Altium and still uses Protel 99SE, but would like to use KiCAD because he > doesn't want to use windows in a VM any more if he can avoid it, he wants > to use Linux native. > > He has a number of problems adapting to the software and I will lay those > out over three messages, one is a clear bug in GAL, the others are not as > clear, although I think his criticisms have merit and are useful to > consider. He is using the nightly build from PPA, so all the criticisms > are directed to KiCAD at that state. > > 1. The window sliders/buttons on the GAL Canvas do not function. > > If you press left/right/up/down, nothing happens. > > If you click the mouse in the slider space, the slider bar moves, but > nothing updates on the screen. > > The only thing the sliders do is if you grab them and drag them, the > canvas updates. > > In Legacy, these buttons/sliders work as expected and one would imagine > they should do exactly the same thing in GAL Canvas. I think this is a bug. > > The other two issues I will put in their own posts. > > Steven > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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