A bug related to some recent changes is https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1769143
It sounds simple, but I don't know if it is. 2018-05-19 9:24 GMT+02:00 Andrey Kuznetsov <kandre...@gmail.com>: > What about this bug for MacOS that makes it too frustrating to use > eeschema? > > Basically, I cannot navigate by zooming around in eeschema because the > mouse scroll triggers on fine steps of the scroll wheel instead of the > larger ratchet steps, it's not just that this is a granularity issue it's a > consistency of navigation issue because when the scroll wheel springs back > to the ratchet position of the original zoom, the actual zoom level is > different and I have to play with the scroll wheel until the zoom level > looks OK. Coupled with a HiDPI display which slows down Eeschema and GOOD > BYE KiCAD on MacOS, it's too frustrating. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1753054 > > On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 2:45 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Rene, >> >> On 05/18/2018 11:53 AM, Rene Pöschl wrote: >> > On 18/05/18 16:44, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> >> If any of our doc and library devs are on this mailing list, please >> >> forward this information so we aren't making major changes to the docs >> >> and libraries at the last minute. >> >> >> > >> > We have one important pull request open that i will fix up my self >> > tomorrow if the contributor does not fix the remaining issues him self. >> > (Removing duplicate power pins from symbols as this can be quite >> > dangerous if the user connects them multiple times.) >> > >> > After this is merged i will tag the library with "5.0.0-rc2" (Tomorrow >> > evening) >> > >> > After this tag is set we will no longer allow renaming of libs until v6 >> > development. (Adding new libs will still be allowed.) >> >> I'm OK with this. >> >> > >> > I will also create a kicad 4 compatibility backport for this lib. (The >> > intention is to allow users to use the new library structure for new >> > projects even if they can not update to a nightly build. This should >> > reduce their work when they then switch over to kicad 5) >> > >> > This backport will contain a reduced number of footprints as footprints >> > with custom or roundrect pads are not supported by kicad 4. I will also >> > backport the symbol libs. The 3d lib does not need any work in this >> > regard but i will still ad a separate release tag to make it easier for >> > users. Not sure if i will make a backport of the templates. >> > Creating this backport will take some time but i hope to have it done >> > one week after the rc2 tag is set. >> >> Awesome! I'm sure our v4 users will appreciate this. >> >> > >> > >> > Regarding the issue about footprint connection you reported in [1]: >> > All symbols that have a valid symbol in the footprint lib are now >> > correctly connected. Sadly a lot of symbols still need footprints to be >> > generated. (Symbols where in the lib that never had a valid footprint) >> > Some of this will be fixed after the rc2 release. This will not impact >> > the library structure so i assume we can include these changes in the >> > final v5 release. (It will simply add more footprints.) >> >> That fine by me. If we are going add new symbol libraries during v5, I >> don't see any reason not to add new footprints and footprint libraries. >> We should try to avoid wholesale renaming and/or moving of libraries and >> their contents to avoid headaches for users. If we have any major >> library reorganizations, we can always create a v5 branch as we do for >> the KiCad source. >> >> Thank you for all of your hard work on the libraries. They really have >> come a long way since v4 was released. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Wayne >> >> > >> > [1]: https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-symbols/issues/520 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > > -- > Remember The Past, Live The Present, Change The Future > Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the > future [JFK] > > kandre...@gmail.com > Live Long and Prosper, > Andrey > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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