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[Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

Ladies and gentlemen,

As it was recently promised, we have fixed many bugs and added some new 
features to the GAL canvas in pcbnew (branch 
lp:~cern-kicad/kicad/drawing_tool).

Main changes include:
- edit points for dimensions
- zones got a new edit mode (I call it 'keep side slope', you can see 
demo in the video below) - try dragging zone sides with Ctrl pressed, it 
changes length of sides, but their slope is preserved
- double click on a zone side creates a new edit point
- drc markers are drawn (if you run them when GAL is active; yet there 
is a minor bug - you need to refresh view to see them, soon to be fixed)
- net highlighting (hold Ctrl and click a track/pad/via/zone; 
highlighting using the toolbar button does not work yet, sorry)
- current cursor coordinates are updated on the bottom statusbar
- most of the default hotkeys are already working, I added shortcuts for 
changing track width ([]) and via size ('\)
- importing netlists, global deletions & board cleanup effects are 
instantly visible in the GAL canvas, no need to toggle canvases anymore
- tools can be invoked using menu

You can watch a demo presenting some of above features here: 
https://vimeo.com/90995942 (still uploads, should be available soon)

I know that many of you keep asking about a new Push and Shove router 
release - we are getting close to it. If you are curious about the 
upcoming changes, there is a blueprint [1] prepared by Tom. To tell the 
truth, I really look forward to merging all that goodies.

Regards,
Orson

[1] http://www.ohwr.org/attachments/2792/pns_blueprint.pdf