gEDA-user: bug or feature in recent versions of PCB?

[Dan McMahill]

Tomaz Solc wrote:
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> Hi everyone.
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> Recent versions of PCB (20060822 and also CVS head) seem to have this
> weird feature which I'm unable to figure out:
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> Sometimes when I try to draw a line, the window automatically pans under
> the cursor and the line is placed at some random location instead of the
> point where I clicked.
> 
> In more detail, it goes like this: Press <F2> to select the line tool.
> Click left button to place the start of the line. Move mouse to the
> desired end of the line. Click left button. Window pans to some random
> direction for a moment and the line end is placed at a wrong location
> (usually right across some other line or element)
> 
> This happens only in one out of ten cases and is extremely annoying. In
> fact it makes newer versions of PCB unusable for any serious work.
> 
> I can't find any options that would turn this off and I can't understand
> how this feature is supposed to help me. I've checked the manual and
> FAQ and I can't find anything about this.
> 
> Can anyone explain what is happening here? I am obviously missing
> something since I can't believe such a bug could stay in the code for so
> long.

are you moving the pointer far enough from the center of the screen that 
you're triggering the auto scrolling?  Take a look at the ends of the 
crosshairs.  They may or may not have little boxes on them.  Right 
clicking toggles between auto scroll on and off.

-Dan