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Re: gEDA: Suggestion: recently used components list



On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 09:39:33PM -0400, Ales Hvezda wrote:
> Hi Theo,
> 
> [snip]
> >When drawing analogue circuits it's very tedious to keep having to swap
> >symbol.  If you want to place a big set of 'resistor, transistor, capacitor,
> >resistor, transistor, capacitor, etc' it gets rather annoying to flick
> >between libraries each time.  How difficult would it be to have a
> >'frequently used components' box, which remembers the last N components

I am using copy-paste and it doesn't make much problems. And also I set
the first resistor's footprint to R025 and don't have to care any more
because the copies carry the same attribute.

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> >you've placed or the ones you've placed most often?  This way you wouldn't
> >have to scroll up and down the library panes all the time.
> >
> 
> 	Yeah, the current symbol brower is a little klunky.  Several
> people have noted this and wished for a simple way of browser recently
> or commonly used libraries.  I will take this all under consideration.
> 
> 	I am planning on tossing the existing browser and doing
> something a little more sane.  I'll also toss the existing file browser
> and go back to using the stock gtk one (the new one in 2.4.x looks
> promising) and as a side benefit, it'll work better in Windows.
> 
> 	Thanks for the feedback.
> 
> 				-Ales
> 
> 
>