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[Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

Very nice! I like the way it works now. The code looks fine too, though
I am wondering why do you std::swap in BOARD::ReplaceNetlist instead of
simply filling aNewFootprintsVector? It adds some unnecessary copying,
though it should not be noticeable for the user when it comes to
execution time.

Regards,
Orson

On 01/05/2016 02:59 AM, Jon Neal wrote:
> I asked about this a while back and got a little bit of feedback, I now
> have a patch for people to try.
> 
> What this does is when you import a netlist (in GAL only though) it
> automatically spreads out all newly added footprints and it places them all
> in "selection + move" mode. So basically you import, close the import
> window, and immediately click wherever to plonk down the new footprints.
> 
> I want to know if people like this method of importing (I think it is nicer
> than piling all of the footprints on top of each other wherever).
> 
> Fair warning: I touched something in the common lib so it rebuilds a ton of
> stuff.
> https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/compare/master...reportingsjr:footprintSpreadTakeTwo.diff

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