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Re: GAL canvas questions and help.

 

Hi Wayne,

On 05/04/2015 08:25 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> As we approach the stable release I'm taking inventory to see what needs
> to be completed before that happens.  I have a some questions about the
> GAL canvas and am looking for some help to resolve a few minor issues.
> 
> * Is the documentation complete for the match pair/route length router?
>   I didn't see it in the asciidoc repo.

It is not ready yet, but we will provide it.

> * I was looking at the push shove router documentation and it's still
>   documented separately from the Pcbnew documentation.  Can someone
>   merge the p&s router documentation as a separate section or in the
>   "Routing" section of the Pcbnew documentation?  This should be part
>    of the Pcbnew documentation.  New users are unlikely to be aware
>    that the p&s router documentation is separate from the Pcbnew
>    docs.
> 
> * Having the "Route" menu in Pcbnew always enabled is likely to confuse
>   new users who don't understand that the p&s and matched pair routing
>   are not available in the default canvas.  Can someone please either
>   disable the Route menu entry or redraw the menu without the Route
>   entry when the legacy canvas is enabled?

No problem, I will take care of both requests (or at least I am going to
create a pull request for the first one).

Regards,
Orson

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