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[mj <imp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/14/13 19:55, jp charras wrote:
> Le 14/10/2013 19:26, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>>> Pcbnew rotate has a potential bug relative to the Undo command: in
>>> preferences the rotation can be adjusted to 45 or 90 degrees.
>>> for 90 degrees, no problems.
>>> But for 45 degrees, the undo does not work, because the undo rotate code
>>> assumes a 90 degrees rotation (the actual rotation angle is not stored).
>>>
>>>
>> How do you rotate a block 45° in Pcbnew?  The only command paths I see
>> are the block context menu rotate command and the rotate hot key both of
>> which rotate the block 90° clockwise.
> 
> The Preference/general menu has an option (from a contributor who never
> fix issues created by this option) which allows user to choose between
> 90 or 45 degrees.
> When the 45 degrees is selected, rotation angle for footprints and
> blocks (by hotkey or popup menu) is 45 degrees.
> Because this option does not work for all items (for instance texts) and
> does not work for Undo commands, I am thinking this option is a just a bug.
It's buggy and I reported it a long time ago, here is my small list with
rotation-based bugs:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1066182
https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1066183
https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1066185

> It can be removed or fixed.
> My opinion is this broken option can be removed.
Which one do you want to remove? For my part, the 45 degree rotation is
really useful.

Bye,
imp