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[Andrew Lutsenko <anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx>]

I could replace diff pair dimensions shortcut with something else if that
is fine by devs, Ctrl+Shift+I is available.

On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 3:49 AM Ian McInerney <Ian.S.McInerney@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Just a note, the hotkey ctrl+shift+R is already assigned to "Differential
> Pair Dimensions" by default so this would introduce a duplicate hotkey
> conflict. It probably makes sense for this action to be ctrl+shift+R, but
> that means that the other needs to be changed.
>
> Also, as a side note to the lead devs, is it still necessary to have the
> hotkeys say (Modern Toolset only) in the master branch?
>
> -Ian
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 8:22 AM Andrew Lutsenko <anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I frequently find that I need to rotate a footprint or a few by 45
>> degrees. To do that I either have to edit it's properties (works if it's
>> just one but slow) or change pcbnew preferences (very slow).
>> I thought I'd add a quick shortcut to rotate selected items by half of
>> the configured rotation angle and learn a bit of tool related code in the
>> process. Please see attached patch for that.
>>
>> I suspect the way I handled passing double parameter to the action is not
>> ideal but it's impossible to have a pointer to constant literal without
>> storing it in a variable (to my knowledge). I'm open to suggestions on how
>> to clean up that part, maybe move the constants somewhere?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andrew
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