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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Please file bug reports against these issues.  Missing features may not
be noticed during development so it's important if you find something
that is missing to report it.  I cannot guarantee that all of them will
get fixed but I'm willing to bet that many of these issues the gal devs
are not even aware exist.

On 7/20/2017 9:25 AM, Marcos Chaparro wrote:
> A few things I remember when using nighties.
> 
> * disable design rule checking button is ignored in GAL. I use it when I
> swap 2 pins in the schematic, I turn off drc, make the track change,
> then rebuild connectivity. Otherwise I end up deleting the whole track
> and starting over.
> * On legacy pressing E over a segment changes the segment width to the
> current track width. Same for vias. I acknowledge the new window that
> pops up can change the width, but maybe someone could complain (not me,
> just pointing that out). I don't see the use of changing the segment
> coordinates in that window yet.
> * Sometimes it pisses me off that I explicitly change the trace
> direction with / but when it reaches the pad the direction is changed. I
> back off from the pad, change the direction (/) again and when I get
> again into the pad the track direction is changed again. I guess the
> algorithm tries to avoid an extra segment -which makes sense- but
> sometimes I just need my track to be farther away from a noise source
> and I don't care about one less track angle.
> 
> See 2 quick videos showing the difference between routing behavior. The
> only thing I did between videos is to press F9
> 
> https://youtu.be/puhrZMf7bWg
> 
> https://youtu.be/vqwiCvMWAaI
> 
> 
> 
> Marcos
> 
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 9:16 AM, Lorenzo Marcantonio <lomarcan@xxxxxx
> <mailto:lomarcan@xxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:31:09PM +1200, hauptmech wrote:
>     >
>     > I'm with Heikki. I've been using the GAL canvas for a complex project. I
>     > don't really have time to learn the nuances of the interactive router; I
>     > found that highlight collisions kept it from doing stuff I did not want in
>     > tight layouts and I fall back to legacy for things like tweaking track nodes
>     > and when I get tired of dropped mouse clicks.
> 
>     Strange, when it's set up correctly it can work like the old one.
>     Another thing (but I think that was already fixed) is the 'don't
>     check clearance' button, I needed it a while ago and didn't work
>     under GAL.
> 
> 
>     --
>     Lorenzo Marcantonio
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