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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/05/2012 02:22 PM, jean-pierre charras wrote:
> Le 05/01/2012 20:52, Dick Hollenbeck a écrit :
>> Jean-Pierre,
>>
>> All my EESCHEMA part "texts fields" were moved when using revision 3230 and later, on
>> screen.  These text fields are now shifted up in most cases.  I can send jpegs if you are
>> not familiar with the problem.
>>
>> On one schematic, which consists of 17 sheets, it seems like a lot of work to "fix" what
>> was already a good schematic.  I don't know if the changes in
>>
>>      eeschema/sch_field.cpp, rev 3230
>>
>> were worth this inconvenience.  I wonder if it was your intention to actually move all
>> fields of all schematics ever created with KiCad before 3230?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dick
>>
> Yes, send me a jpeg.
>
> I remember this change was made because there was serious inconsistencies is field positions
> when a component was rotated or/and mirrored.
> I fact the old behavior was buggy.

Three jpegs attached from 3 different revisions:

3229 is ethok.jpeg
3230 was shows the bounding box and is ethbad.jpeg
3339 is like 3230 without bounding box, this is ethbad2.jpeg from todays build.

Attachment: ethbad.jpeg
Description: JPEG image

Attachment: ethbad2.jpeg
Description: JPEG image

Attachment: ethok.jpeg
Description: JPEG image