By the way, I think one reason people use these is because they want a 45-degree bus wire for aesthetic reasons. I think a better wire-placing tool in Eeschema is already on the roadmap -- if we can support 45-degree lines natively, it would meet that demand without a special type of object.
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 9:27 AM Jon Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm okay with that if the rest of the core team is also :-) Sometimes you > have to break workflows to move forward and make things easier for new > users. > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 9:08 AM Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Jon, >> >> I don't have any issues with this although you may get some push back >> from some users who are resistant to change. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Wayne >> >> On 3/19/2019 9:37 PM, Jon Evans wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > One of the things I want to clean up in the UX after the bus / >> > connectivity upgrades I've done are merged is to remove Bus-Bus Entries >> > from the design toolset. >> > >> > Why? >> > >> > 1) They aren't actually useful or meaningful (they are just graphical at >> > this point). If you want to branch off bus wires from each other, just >> > use junctions like normal wires. >> > >> > 2) They are confusing. I've heard this from several users, because they >> > look and sound a lot like Bus-Wire Entries, which are useful. >> > >> > What about old designs? >> > >> > My proposal is to just remove the tools to allow placement of new >> > Bus-Bus Entries without removing the underlying code to handle them. >> > Existing designs would still load and render properly. >> > >> > In theory we could make some kind of migration to remove them and >> > replace with direct bus wire connections, but I'm not sure that's >> > necessary. >> > >> > As long as we do a good job of documenting the way to use busses under >> > the new system, and update the example schematics accordingly, I think >> > new users will be set on the right path. We could include a note about >> > this on the blog / forums to let existing users know (although from what >> > I can tell, only a small fraction of existing users use them in the >> > first place). >> > >> > Any concerns with this? >> > >> > Jon >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > Post to : [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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