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Re: GAL canvas questions and help.

 

Thanks Orson.

On 5/5/2015 7:58 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> 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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