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Re: KiCAD with MacOS Barely Usable

 

Did you try the tip mentioned on the webpage?

http://kicad-pcb.org/help/known-system-related-issues/#_osx

2017-09-05 16:32 GMT+02:00 Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi Andrey,
>
> I tried to reproduce this and couldn't.  I'm on 10.12.6, on a 2017 rMBP
> with internal display and 2K external display (don't have a 5K, but can't
> see how that would matter).  I also tried with an external mouse and didn't
> see any issue with the scroll wheel.
>
> Any other Mac developers have any ideas to help diagnose this?
> Andrey, it would probably be good to open a bug report so that this
> doesn't get lost in email.
>
> -Jon
>
> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:58 PM, Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Here's an example video.
>> I move the scroll wheel one at a time at first, and it zooms very slow,
>> notice it jumps from like 7x to 22x in a single scroll.
>> I tried PCBnew with OpenGL and it has additional problems, it zooms
>> pretty fast compared to Eeschema but when it stops, there's 50:50 chance it
>> will jump 1 zoom level about a second after the zoom stops, which throws
>> you off badly in terms of where you are. It's not my scroll wheel behaving
>> badly, scroll wheel is ratcheted, nothing like this happens on web pages,
>> pdfs, etc.
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/rtlzeadfkkf3atn/KiCAD_20170801.mov?dl=0
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm using last night's nightly.
>>>
>>> Which mac do you have, retina display, external display?
>>> My schematic operations are super laggy.
>>>
>>> To select a few parts, I have to click, wait a few seconds then drag, if
>>> I don't wait and start dragging and release, the parts never get selected.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Andrey,
>>>>
>>>> Are you running the stable build or the nightlies?
>>>> I'm also using 10.12 and while there are some issues, it is usable.  I
>>>> agree the zooming behavior is somewhat strange on Mac right now, but I
>>>> don't have any issues with lag or the other things you describe (I'm using
>>>> nightly builds).
>>>>
>>>> -Jon
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Previously used KiCAD on Windows, everything worked well, even the
>>>>> nightlies.
>>>>> Just started using KiCAD on MAC OSX 10.12.6 on macbook pro 2016 with
>>>>> 5K display, tried it without external display, no change, tried with low
>>>>> resolution mode for the program, no change, tried reducing screen
>>>>> resolution, a little better, but still supper laggy and weird.
>>>>>
>>>>> Starting a new project and currently working in Eeschema.
>>>>>
>>>>> It takes 0.7s to rotate an LED symbol clockwise 90 degrees, everything
>>>>> is so laggy.
>>>>> Selecting parts, half the time doesn't select probably because I
>>>>> release too soon, the other half, very slow.
>>>>>
>>>>> Using the scroll wheel to zoom in and out causes horrendous lags. Not
>>>>> only that but somehow it ends up zooming to unpredictable levels when only
>>>>> 1 mouse scroll is triggered and inertia disabled, because it keeps zooming
>>>>> and I move the mouse, it ends up zooming not where I was originally
>>>>> pointing to zoom with 1 scroll wheel trig. For example, sometimes the zoom
>>>>> doesn't stop right away so instead of zooming by 10 or 25% it goes from
>>>>> 0.6x to 11x, like WTFFFFFF. So the zoom completely doesn't work, useless.
>>>>> Why is it that when I press CMD+scroll wheel it scrolls viewport
>>>>> horizontally?
>>>>> I have 2 scroll wheels, horiz and vert, both are scrolling
>>>>> horizontally.
>>>>>
>>>>> Button tool tips take a very long time to show up, I think 2 seconds,
>>>>> 0.5s -1s should be used, when you're working and need a quick reminder, 2
>>>>> seconds must as well be 10 seconds.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone else familiar with things I'm experiencing?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Live Long and Prosper,
>>>>> Andrey
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
>>> kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Live Long and Prosper,
>>> Andrey
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Remember The Past, Live The Present, Change The Future
>> Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the
>> future [JFK]
>>
>> kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx
>> Live Long and Prosper,
>> Andrey
>>
>
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