| ID: | 5974 |
| From: | Derek <de...@q40.de> |
| Date: | Sun, 5 Mar 2023 11:02:37 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] sch-rnd window geometry save |
| in-reply-to: | 5971 from rn...@igor2.repo.hu |
Hi Igor2, Your previous explanation was quite clear and I now understand the process of setting the window geometry. The added tooltip are a great help. Regards, Derek On 05/03/2023 04:27, rnd2@igor2.repo.hu wrote: > Hi Derek, > > On Sat, 11 Feb 2023, rnd2@igor2.repo.hu wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, 11 Feb 2023, Derek wrote: >> >>> Sorry for the confusion, the comment about the sch-rnd Getting Started Video, >>> was I was trying to lerarn the basics of sch-rnd and not doing anything >>> special. >>> >>> I have replied via email with screenshot attachments of the start up geometry >>> problem. >> >> Thank you! >> >> On the screenshots I see you checked in "save to design" and "save to user >> config", "before close". >> >> Let's look at these two options: >> >> I. to design >> >> Save to design means the sheet file, so it happens only if you actually >> save the sheet and later start sch-rnd with that sheet file name from >> command line. I think this option is not very useful in sch-rnd, because >> of the multi-sheet support (unless you do single-sheet projects). Another >> problem here is that it can't really save the geometry of the top window >> "on close", because if you close the top window, you can't save the sheet >> anymore. It can still save other window geometries in the sheet data once >> you close a non-top-window; but this hits the disk only when you actually >> save the sheet. > > > I've looked at this problem and made a clarification in the preferences > dialog: there's a new comment next to the "save in design" row and if you > hover over it you get a tooltip with a long explanation. > > All in all: > > - loading top window geometry won't work from design file (board file, > sheet file), and that's intentional: the top window is created before the > design is loaded and window placement happens when the window is created > > - loading any other window geometry from design does work, both in pcb-rnd > and in sch-rnd. In practice this means: you can arrange your library > window, message log, etc and save it in design and when you load that > design with those window not already open, they will get their initial > position from the design when they first open > > - window geometry save is generally useful in the user file, in some > special cases in the project file; it is possible in the design file, > works with the above (intentional) limitations, but aside from some real > special cases you probably don't want to save window geometry in design > file for multiple reasons > > > Reasons you should not save window geometry in design file: > > - the above limitations > > - portability of the design file; you don't want to force your preferred > window geometry on other users loading your board/sheet > > - noise in the design file (commit noise, junk in diff) > > - if the app supports opening multiple designs in parallel (sch-rnd > does), and you indeed load multiple designs, you can't really control > which one should provide window geometry > > > Please look at the tooltip (using librnd svn HEAD) and let me know if this > explanation and the tooltip clarifies the situation. > > TIA, > > Igor2 > > > > >
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