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[John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Here is a branch with a set of patches to add the ability to set the
grid line/dot size and the minimum grid spacing (to avoid very dense
grids when using thicker lines).

https://code.launchpad.net/~john-j-beard/kicad/+git/kicad/+ref/grid_dot_size

This also includes moving the grid display settings our of the Set
Grid dialog in to the Display Preferences dialog. As an item in the
Dimensions menu, Set Grid isn't really a suitable place, especially as
there are now more options.

This was a fairly annoying change to make in the code, as the current
GAL properties structure was only consumed by the OpenGL GAL canvas.
However, now, all GAL canvases have access to it, which opens the way
for more display options to be added easily (though if the Display
Options dialog gets more options, we might need to put some tabs in,
like Eeschema).

There are also some supporting infrastructure changes:

* A class to bind a text entry and spin buttons together without a lot
of verbose repeating of event bindings.
* Utility functions to use a mapping table to decouple internal enum
values from the values written into config files and radio button
selections
* Over-visible header causing slow recompilation, hidden a bit better

Cheers,

John