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Re: [PATCH] Pass preferences from pcbnew to footprint editor/viewer and from eeschema to lib editor/viewer

 

If I may suggest something, how about wrapping the 4 lines to load
preferences into a function (e.g. EDA_DRAW_PANEL::LoadPreferences( const
EDA_DRAW_PANEL* aOther ))?

Regards,
Orson

On 08/07/2015 03:01 AM, Jon Neal wrote:
> This patch is to provide a general fix for bug #1468388. There is a patch
> attached to that bug, but Chris Pavline and I decided that it doesn't make
> as much sense as this patch.
> 
> The other patch adds a center on zoom option to the library editor
> preferences. It would be bad UI to require someone to change the
> preferences for all separate windows with a render. It was also missing
> three other UI preferences (use middle mouse to pan, limit panning, and pan
> while moving object).
> 
> I implemented this to send over these preferences from eeschema whenever
> the lib editor or viewer are opened. Same for pcbnew and footprint
> editor/viewer. Not the optimal solution since someone can leave the
> editors/viewers open and change preferences in eeschema/pcbnew so I added
> FIXME comments.
> 
> On a separate and related note, I noticed that the code to open the library
> viewer:
> https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/master/eeschema/sch_base_frame.cpp#L50
> 
> doesn't do the same checks when opening the window as the others do as seen
> here:
> https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/blob/master/eeschema/schframe.cpp#L1120
> 
> Not sure if that check should be added to the library viewer code to
> prevent any issues. Anyone know?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jon Neal
> 
> 
> 
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