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Re: Proposal to change "Copy" to "Duplicate"

 

No, please don't make only for duplicate. That feels unnatural when ctrl+d
is used in other apps for duplicating.

On 16 Jun 2017 3:18 pm, "Fabrizio Tappero" <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Nick,
> how about we actually make "D" the shortcut for duplicate in both
> eescheama and pcbnew. I notice that in pcbnew the "D" shortcut is taken by
> "Drag Track Keep Slope" which I do not know what it means.
>
> does anybody has anything against it?
>
> JP, you are the one who knows more about shortcuts....
>
> Cheers
> Fabrizio
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> I think the duplicate hotkey should be ctrl+d, as it is in pcbnew.
>>
>> 2017-06-15 14:33 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > On 6/15/2017 6:02 AM, Simon Richter wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> On 15.06.2017 10:17, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Inline image 1
>> >>> I would like to propose to rename the "Copy Block" into "Duplicate
>> >>> Block" and add to it the shortcut D. Possible? does it make sense? the
>> >>> shortcut D seems available but better ask first?
>> >>
>> >> Yes please.
>> >>
>> >> Also, "Save Block" should be named "Copy", because it is the action
>> that
>> >> stores the block in the clipboard so it can be pasted using the Paste
>> >> tool. It already has the correct shortcut.
>> >>
>> >>    Simon
>> >>
>> >
>> > This all makes sense to me.
>> >
>> > Wayne
>> >
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