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[Henner Zeller <h.zeller@xxxxxxx>]

On 5 February 2014 06:11, Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi Henner,
>
> In EESCHEMA, under Preferences->Hotkeys->Edit Hotkeys, you can edit
> the hotkeys and set Backspace as the Delete function.
>

Uh, life can be so simple at times :)


>
> However, I notice that changing the Delete function hotkey doesn't
> work.


mmh, I just tried it, and it actually worked: went to hotkeys, selected the
field with 'Del' in it and pressed Backspace. That worked for me.

This was compiled from head. Only difference could be the wxWidgets version
?
I am using it with 2.8; I shall try with a newer version to see if that is
working.


> This in fact should be filed as a bug; So please file a bug
> report on Launchpad so it can be fixed, or else feel free to apply a
> patch that fixes this bug instead.

The best method is to file a bug
> report on launchpad and issue a patch to fix it at the same time, but
> at least if there's a bug report someone else can maybe fix it before
> you get around to it.
>
> Thank-you for highlighting the issue.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Brian.
>
> On 5 February 2014 05:02, Henner Zeller <h.zeller@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > My notebook has a keyboard that doesn't have a 'Delete' key, only
> > 'Backspace'. This makes deleting objects in eeschema quite cumbersome as
> > this always requires to use the right-mouse button menu.
> >
> > Since 'Backspace' is not bound to anything in eeschema, this patch adds
> the
> > Backspace key to be equivalent to the Delete key: removing the object
> under
> > the cursor.
> >
> > View patch here:
> >
> https://github.com/hzeller/kicad/compare/master...delete-and-backspace-equiv
> >
> > Download patch here:
> >
> https://github.com/hzeller/kicad/compare/master...delete-and-backspace-equiv.patch
> >
> > Since I am new to this codebase, I am not sure if this is the right way
> to
> > add another hotkey or if there is better way to get this same
> functionality.
> > If everything is ok, then I'd be happy to see this added to upstream.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >   -henner
> >
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