I do that too, even with programs that do have a good undo function. However, the major changes are not what I need the undo for. I mostly hand route my boards, and am constantly deleting some traces to try to route them better, then deciding that the original routing was better. If I delete a few traces to try a new routing and then see that is not going to make things better, I don't want to have to re-enter all the traces I just deleted. Having to think about saving before every minor change like that just puts a damper on the creative process. The undo/redo in the development version linked above seems to work fine and is just what I needed.
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Greg Dyess <gregory.dy...@...> wrote: > > To get around the lack of an "undo", I always make "checkpoints" by saving > the board just before I am abuot to do something major (read that as: > stupid). If I mess up, I just close without saving and reopen the latest > checkpoint. It takes some discipline, but works better than any undo. > > Greg > > > > > ________________________________ > From: jeffs_cc <j...@...> > To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Mon, January 11, 2010 4:46:29 PM > Subject: [kicad-users] Any update on undo function for PCBNEW? > > I tried Kicad nearly a year ago. I really liked it and found it to be easy to > learn and use. The only thing keeping me from using it and recommending it to > others was the lack of undo in PCBNEW. To me, laying out a PCB is a creative > process and knowing that any step I try is permanent really stifles the > creative process. No way I could use a layout program without it. > > Does anyone know if an undo function is in the works? > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links >
