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[Jon Neal <reportingsjr@xxxxxxxxx>]

here is the patch:
https://github.com/reportingsjr/kicad-source-mirror/commit/dd96d250321b17e0f8691d5623ea202f8762023c.patch

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 3:03 PM Jon Neal <reportingsjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If no one has any complaints or suggestions then this patch is ready to be
> included.
>
> I can generate a git diff with commit, author etc if needed, just let me
> know.
>
> Also, I accidentally sent this to Maciej only earlier:
> Simon Richter mentioned that doing a swap was a cleaner method of doing it
> for a variety of reasons. It doesn't really have to be done that way, just
> following his advice.
>
> Jon
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 10:55 AM Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> > On Jan 4, 2016, at 6:59 PM, Jon Neal <reportingsjr@xxxxxxxxx> 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).
>>
>>
>> YES!
>>
>> -a
>>
>>
>>
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