I'm guessing drawing 45 degree lines in the new toolframe wouldn't be too difficult to implement.
On 3/25/2019 9:29 AM, Jon Evans wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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
