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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I will work hard on getting nightlies with the trackpad patch applied, in
the DEBUG/trackpad/ directory.

Adam Wolf
Cofounder and Engineer
W&L

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Bob Gustafson <bobgus@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> On 04/02/2015 09:05 AM, Andy Peters wrote:
>
>> On Apr 2, 2015, at 1:24 AM, Piotr Esden-Tempski <piotr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I am using a 5k IMac with a standard PC logitech mouse. I have the
>>> nightly build 5547 installed.
>>>
>>> I do not experience any problems with zooming in GAL. (Besides the
>>> already reported bug with the F2 button) What I do experience is the lack
>>> of rats nest. Sometimes when zooming there is a remainder of a short rats
>>> nest wire but that is basically it.
>>>
>> I use a Kensington Expert Mouse (read: best pointing device EVER, all
>> others just suck) with my desktop Mac (and the work PC). I mapped one of
>> the buttons to be the middle mouse button. It works well.
>>
>> I'm not at my MacBook Pro, but I could swear that there is a way to set
>> up a modifier key/mouse click combination to  emulate the middle button.
>> I'll check later.
>>
>> I also have the GAL rats-nest issue Piotr mentions.
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>
> The graphics program Blender uses modifier key/mouse click combinations.
> See:
>
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.4/Manual/Interface/
> Keyboard_and_Mouse
>
> The following table shows the combos used:
>         2-button Mouse  Apple Mouse
> LMB Template-LMB.png    LMB Template-LMB.png    LMB Template-LMB.png
> (mouse button)
> MMB Template-MMB.png    AltLMB Template-LMB.png         ⌥ OptLMB
> Template-LMB.png (Option/Alt key + mouse button)
> RMB Template-RMB.png    RMB Template-RMB.png    ⌘ CmdLMB Template-LMB.png
> (Command/Apple key + mouse button)
>
> Unfortunately for me, these don't work with KiCad on a trackpad or magic
> mouse equipped Mac OSX 10.10.2
>
> ( With the command key down and rubbing the magic mouse lightly in any
> direction, a chip footprint can be panned to the left and back to center on
> pcbnew. No modifier key combo seems to enable up down panning.)
>
> With the option key down, mouse motions draw an outline box - perhaps a
> group select command.
>
> Thanks for all your comments. Bob G
>
>
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