gEDA-user: Which are the biggest looking gEDA warts? REQUEST TRACKER

[Stuart Brorson]

>>>> 	Adding attributes requires too much mouse work (selecting,
>>>> 	careful pointing to position the attribute, then you use
>>>> 	both hands to type a net name, hand back to mouse, etc).

>>> Use gattrib.  That's what it's for.

>> One Gripe...
>> gattib:
>> 	You can't use it like you expect from a spreadsheet. ie. <tab>
>> to move horizontally, <enter> to move vertically. with <shift>
>> where appropriate.

You can move horizontally & vertically between cells using the arrow
keys.  For cut/copy & paste, <ctrl>-C, <ctrl>-X, and <ctrl>-V work the
usual way.

>> When you move cells, it steals focus and sets
>> your X paste buffer to whatever is in the cell, so you can't
>> middle-click to paste something you just highlighted from another
>> window. I use that to quickly copy footprint names.

Anyway, I agree.  I've had it on my ToDo list for perhaps two years to
make gattrib handle focus in a better way.  Indeed, I
have fiddled with this problem in the past, but wasn't able to fix the
behavior.

The code which manages the spreadsheet is stolen/forked from
GtkExtras.  I admit that I still don't understand it 100%.   I need to
spend some quality time cleaning up my port and understanding exactly
how the GtkExtras widget works.  Perhaps another code sprint topic....

Stuart