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Re: [Feature] Position Relative to

 

Hi Tomasz,

Attached is an updated patch to align more with the coding policy.

Regards
Russell



Regards
Russell Oliver



On 29 April 2017 at 02:45, Russell Oliver <roliver8143@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> I'll check it against the code style rules to see what I could improve on.
> With regards to the not using wxPoints in the tool code I have used the
> MoveExact action of the edit tool as my template which uses the wxPoint
> quite often, and more broadly it is used throughout the Edit tool. Going
> forward is the use of the VECTOR2I type preferred for coordinates?
>
> Regards
> Russell
>
> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 2:33 AM Tomasz Wlostowski <
> tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 28.04.2017 18:26, Russell Oliver wrote:
>> > Hello All,
>> >
>> > For the purpose of accurately placing components I have developed a
>> > relative positioning tool.
>> > Right clicking > Position Relative to or Control-R on selected items
>> > will bring up a dialog the same as the Move exact tool with a button for
>> > selecting another item, the 'achor'. Upon clicking OK the first
>> > selection is moved to a position relative to the anchor.
>> > The position of anchor item is also displayed.
>> >
>> > Attached is the patch.
>> >
>> > Any comments on the functionality or code quality would be appreciated.
>> >
>>
>> Hi Russell,
>>
>> Thanks for the patch. Few comments:
>> - please follow the coding style rules,
>> - don't use wxPoints/wxSizes in the tool code (if not for the purpose of
>> interfacing with the BOARD_ITEMs).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tom
>>
>> > Regards
>> > Russell Oliver
>> >
>> >
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