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[Maciej Suminski <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Seth,

I tried this with interf_u demo shipped with the source code. There are
four capacitors in the left bottom corner - try dragging one of the
middle ones out. If you cannot reproduce the problem, I will try to
shoot a video.

Cheers,
Orson

On 11/25/2017 03:58 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> Hi Orson-
> 
> Thanks for the test and the clarification of the documentation.
> 
> On the schematic, I can't seem to recreate the issue you document in the
> image.  Is the example schematic one you can share?
> 
> Best-
> Seth
> 
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 6:50 AM, Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Seth,
>>
>> I tested the branch and I consider it a significant improvement to the
>> way junctions are handled. I confirm it fixes the four bugs mentioned in
>> patch 0011, apart from a single case when a parallel component is
>> dragged out. In this case junctions are not still not auto deleted (see
>> [1], the rightmost picture "Junction is not auto deleted"), but at least
>> the overlapping wires are merged. It is not a big deal IMHO, especially
>> the patch set fixes a lot of other issues.
>>
>> It has not been stated explicitly, but I thought we will use
>> NEW/REMOVE/CHANGE tags for listing changes that are perceived by the
>> user. Therefore:
>>
>>   CHANGE: DeleteItem removes junctions that are no longer needed.
>>
>> informs the user about an improvement, but:
>>
>>   CHANGE: DeleteItemsInList shares the code for DeleteItem.
>>
>> seems to be too detailed and does not need to be reflected in the user
>> documentation.
>>
>> What do you think? I will try to come up with a short paragraph that can
>> be added to the website to make things clear.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Orson
>>
>> 1.
>> https://launchpadlibrarian.net/213748651/KICAD%20-%20BUG%
>> 20REPORT%20-%20EESCHEMA%20-%20SOME%20DRAG%20ISSUES.jpg
>>
>> On 11/22/2017 09:07 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
>>> Updated patchset for this proposal, rebased to master.  I've also updated
>>> the commit messages to match the CHANGE:/NEW: format and added one new
>> bug
>>> from launchpad that this addresses.
>>>
>>> -Seth
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 3:59 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> For that specific issue with the junction drawing, there is a patch in
>> the
>>>> thread "[Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Draw junctions last"
>>>>
>>>> 2017-11-03 13:12 GMT+01:00 Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>
>>>>> I looked at fixing this and some other related things, and decided to
>>>>> just wait for the GAL port. There will need to be huge refactoring of
>> the
>>>>> eeschema draw code as part of that effort, so putting much effort into
>>>>> making the wxDC drawing better seems not worth it.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Jon
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 3, 2017 00:08, "Kevin Cozens" <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2017-11-02 06:31 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Please let me know if there are any additional issues or suggestions
>> for
>>>>>> improvement.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> How difficult would it be to have junctions draw last on schematics?
>>>>> There is a minor negative visual effect when you have a component with
>> one
>>>>> end joined to a wire by a junction and you replace the component.
>>>>>
>>>>> When you replace the component the pin of the component is now seen
>>>>> extending through the round disc of the junction to the center of the
>>>>> junction. I prefer to always see just the full round disc of a junction
>>>>> mark even if I have replaced a component since placing the junction.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>
>>>>> Kevin.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.ve3syb.ca/           |"Nerds make the shiny things that
>>>>> distract
>>>>> Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172      | the mouth-breathers, and that's why
>>>>> we're
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>>>>>
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