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[Duane Johnson <duane.johnson@xxxxxxxxx>]

I use fn-delete, but regular delete does nothing. So is it that "backspace"
works on Mac, but delete does not?
On May 19, 2016 6:22 PM, "Simon Wells" <swel024@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> fn-delete
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Thor-Arne <lp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It should be listed on the hot-key list.
> > Perhaps some other key is used.
> >
> > From: Duane Johnson
> > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:36 AM
> > To: Thor-Arne
> > Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Schematic Cleanup: Split lines at
> > junctions
> >
> >
> > I didn't know about this behavior. On the Mac, there is no backspace key.
> >
> > On May 19, 2016 4:25 PM, "Thor-Arne" <lp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> This delete-wire behavior has been available in KiCad for as long as
> I've
> >> been using it, which is some time before the 2013-stable release.
> >>
> >> Delete wire is on the delete button. and delete segment is on the
> >> backspace key.
> >>
> >> Please do NOT change the behavior of the delete buton, it is used all
> the
> >> time.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Pavlina
> >> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:10 AM
> >> To: Simon Richter
> >> Cc: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Schematic Cleanup: Split lines
> at
> >> junctions
> >>
> >> I like the behavior of this patch, it seems a lot closer to how I'd
> expect
> >> deleting wires to work. :)
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 08:49:09PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi jp,
> >>>
> >>> On 19.05.2016 19:44, jp charras wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > It could be worth to *clearly* explain in your patches what bug you
> >>> > want > to fix, or what enhancement
> >>> > you are adding.
> >>>
> >>> Good point.
> >>>
> >>> The last batch has two goals:
> >>>
> >>> 1. fix a long-standing annoyance that deleting a line segment will
> >>> delete the entire length of wire, even when I want to delete only a
> >>> short piece. http://psi5.com/~geier/wires.ogv shows what I mean.
> >>>
> >>> 2. prepare for net ties -- these need to split nets, so having code in
> >>> place to split wires at certain points will have nice synergy effects.
> >>>
> >>> For the most part, I've been posting these as a heads-up and RFC; if
> the
> >>> benefit is obvious, it's fine to apply them, but I'm not unhappy if
> they
> >>> aren't applied immediately, because I'm more interested in things that
> >>> are obviously wrong or that I've overlooked, and my patch stack is
> >>> rebased on top of the current state every time I update anyway.
> >>>
> >>> "Serious" patch submissions start with a [PATCH 00/nn] mail that
> doesn't
> >>> contain a patch and explains the rationale fully, and have longer
> >>> descriptions in each separate patch (and incidentally, it'd be nice to
> >>> keep those somehow).
> >>>
> >>>    Simon
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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