gEDA-dev: pcb feature request: Add a help button to the find dialog.

[Peter Clifton]

On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 21:10 +0000, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:

> I was taklking about the find dialog of pcb:
> 	select - select_by_name - elements

Ah, hidden!!

I actually found the action command for that in the source code, but for
the life of me couldn't find the dialog in the GTK HID, I'd assumed you
were using Lesstif.

> > How do you use that during component placement?
> 
> I use it to select a group of elements known to be closely related. E.g 
> all these caps and resistors in the vicinity of an opamp. This is 
> essential when confronted with a few hundred assorted components. 

Ok, thats neat - I tend to do the same, but more manually.


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