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Russell <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au> wrote:

>John Devereux wrote:
>> Russell <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>Laplace wrote:
>>>
>>>>what is best & simple PCB maker?
>>>>
>>>
>>>I'm trying out a not-so-simple vutrax ( http://www.vutrax.co.uk )
>>>It predates windows and seems a bit quirky, but runs on linux.
>>>There's a free download with only a 256pin limit.
>>>I haven't got the hang of it yet. Is anyone using it?
>> 
>> 
>> Yes, I use it.
>> 
>> I does take a while to learn. As they suggest, work through
>> the tutorials.
>
>I've done all the tutorials, but there's a few nagging things.
>Can you zoom in and out with one button press?

If you have a wheel mouse, you can use it for all navigation
(panning and zooming). The mouse wheel scrolls up-down.
Shift-mouseweel goes left-right. Control-mousewheel in-out.
Very fast and easy.

Alternatively you can bind function keys to the zoom
command. 

>When making a schematic footprint, i 'joined' everything with
>the join button. There's a mistake, so now i need to un-join
>it. However, there doesn't seem to be an unjoin command.

It's "break". Also there is an unlimited general "undo" via
control-z or typing  "undo".

>Is there a vutrax users forum?

There used to be; I can't find it now so perhaps it is
defunct. The principal author/programmer hangs out in some
of these groups, perhaps he will be along in a minute.

-- 
John Devereux

john@devereux.demon.co.uk