enable intuitive mode

[joamatab]

i find xschem looks great, but is hard to get started if you have never used Cadence. For example i end up using Qucs-s because the UI is more intuitive

How could we enable an intutive mode?

some examples on the intuitive behavior:

• you can move elements by dragging them with the mouse
• you can click on the pins and draw connections

@proppy

[StefanSchippers]

I think these 'intuitive' modes can be added. Will have a look on this. For complex circuit design one ot the rules is that a circuit can not be changed by messing with the mouse, so randomly clicking and dragging in the circuit drawing area should not change anything. In many environments this is a de-facto rule. However nothing prevents us from using a couple of configure options to enable / disable these editing modes.

[StefanSchippers]

I have added a so called "intuitive_interface" option. It can be set in the Options menu or permanently in xschemrc by setting set intuitive_interface 1

https://github.com/StefanSchippers/xschem/assets/69359491/a8fb5fa9-a1fe-4ace-9a82-75a05d9de9f1

[joamatab]

Looks amazing! it's nice to be able to move the elements without breaking the connectivity. As a new user into schematic editors I was surprised this was not the default behavior

What are the default and new shortcuts?

A few more suggestions:

• [x] add a help menu button that takes you to the docs
• [x] add in the help a cheat-sheet with all the default shortcuts, and the shortcuts for intuitive mode

[StefanSchippers]

docs can be reached by going to Help-> About

The key shorcuts are in Help->Keys. I wil add some notes for Intuitive mode, however it's just point & click.

[StefanSchippers]

Intuitive interface si now enabled by default, after some testing. A graphical description of the various editing operations is available here