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Re: Bob's Mac Usability Problems

 

Hi all,

I haven't added any trackpad stuff to any of the nightlies, so this is just
the regular Python nightly.

Adam Wolf
Cofounder and Engineer
W&L

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Bob Gustafson <bobgus@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Testing report on this nightly build:
>
> Application: kicad
> Version: (2015-04-03 BZR 5572)-product Release build
> wxWidgets: Version 3.0.2 (debug,UTF-8,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,GCC
> 4.2.1,STL containers,compatible with 2.8)
> Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 14.1.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
> Boost version: 1.54.0
>          USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
>          USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
>          KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
>          KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
>          KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
>          USE_FP_LIB_TABLE=HARD_CODED_ON
>          BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
>          KICAD_USE_WEBKIT=OFF
>
> This is the latest OS X nightly build from Adam -
> http://downloads.kicad-pcb.org/osx/DEBUG/
>
> In the pcbnew window, the scripting console seems to work fine (It
> responds to ‘help()’ )
>
> I don’t think it has the trackpad patches installed yet, but the pcbnew
> and eeschema windows do pan horizontally in response to CMD - two finger
> move on the trackpad. pcbnew does this in all three view modes (default,
> OpenGL, and Cairo). The OpenGL mode has the smoothest motion.
>
> The panning direction is opposite to the direction of two finger panning
> in other Mac applications.
>
> Also, adding the shift key - shift CMD two finger move, I was expecting
> the panning motion to be up-down, but it is actually panning on a 45 deg
> angle NW-SE in the pcbnew window. This key combination gives in-out zoom on
> the eeschema window.
>
> The grid dots disappear in the OpenGL mode.
>
> It might be useful to have a check mark appear on the View menu to
> indicate which of the view modes is being used at the moment.
>
> ---------
>
> Solid progress - thanks much to all.
>
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