- in 2sided Plugin I've added ability to use shortcut keys (like Escape) when waiting for picking a hole when the Hole Snap feature is used

- in 2sided Plugin entering in the Hole Snap feature will disable the notebook to signal that you need somehow to escape this mode

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ CHANGELOG for FlatCAM beta
 - updated the language strings from the source
 - translation to Simplified Chinese language is done by 俊霄 余
 - updated the Turkish translation files, by Mehmet Kaya
+- in 2sided Plugin I've added ability to use shortcut keys (like Escape) when waiting for picking a hole when the Hole Snap feature is used
+- in 2sided Plugin entering in the Hole Snap feature will disable the notebook to signal that you need somehow to escape this mode
 
 22.08.2021
 

appGUI/MainGUI.py

@@ -3888,6 +3888,31 @@ class MainGUI(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
                 if key == QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_G:
                     self.app.ui.grid_snap_btn.trigger()
 
+                # Jump to coords
+                if key == QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_J:
+                    self.app.on_jump_to()
+        elif self.app.call_source == '2_sided_tool':
+            # CTRL + ALT
+            if modifiers == QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier | QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.AltModifier:
+                if key == QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_X:
+                    self.app.abort_all_tasks()
+                    return
+            elif modifiers == QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ControlModifier:
+                pass
+            elif modifiers == QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.ShiftModifier:
+                pass
+            elif modifiers == QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.AltModifier:
+                pass
+            # NO MODIFIER
+            elif modifiers == QtCore.Qt.KeyboardModifier.NoModifier:
+                # Escape = Deselect All
+                if key == QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_Escape or key == 'Escape':
+                    self.app.dblsidedtool.on_exit(cancelled=True)
+
+                # Grid toggle
+                if key == QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_G:
+                    self.app.ui.grid_snap_btn.trigger()
+
                 # Jump to coords
                 if key == QtCore.Qt.Key.Key_J:
                     self.app.on_jump_to()

appPlugins/ToolDblSided.py

@@ -383,6 +383,10 @@ class DblSidedTool(AppTool):
 
         self.local_connected = True
 
+        # disable the Notebook while in this feature
+        self.app.ui.notebook.setDisabled(True)
+        self.app.call_source = "2_sided_tool"
+
         self.app.inform.emit('%s.' % _("Click on canvas within the desired Excellon drill hole"))
         self.mr = self.canvas.graph_event_connect('mouse_release', self.on_mouse_click_release)
 
@@ -426,10 +430,16 @@ class DblSidedTool(AppTool):
 
                                 # set the reference point for mirror
                                 self.ui.point_entry.set_value(center_pt_coords)
-
+                                self.on_exit()
                                 self.app.inform.emit('[success] %s' % _("Mirror reference point set."))
 
         elif event.button == right_button and self.app.event_is_dragging is False:
+            self.on_exit(cancelled=True)
+
+    def on_exit(self, cancelled=None):
+        self.app.call_source = "app"
+        self.app.ui.notebook.setDisabled(False)
+        if cancelled is True:
             self.app.delete_selection_shape()
             self.disconnect_events()
             self.app.inform.emit('[WARNING_NOTCL] %s' % _("Cancelled by user request."))

flatcam-beta.1

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH FLATCAM "1" "April 2021" "flatcam-beta" "User Commands"
+.TH FLATCAM "1" "August 2021" "flatcam-beta" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 flatcam-beta \- PCB CAM software
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ flatcam-beta \- PCB CAM software
 [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]...
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-FlatCAM lets you take your designs to a CNC router. You can open Gerber,
+FlatCAM is a Gerber Viewer/Editor. It has many plugins that do a variety of tasks.
-Excellon or G-code, edit it or create from scatch, and output G-Code.
+You can open Gerber, Excellon, G-code, DXF, SVG, edit it, transform it
-Isolation routing is one of many tasks that FlatCAM is perfect for.
+or create a new one from scratch.
+
+You can output a film to help in creating PCB's through the UV method.
+Through isolation routing it lets you take your designs to a CNC router.
 .PP
 .TP
 \fB\-h, \-?, \-\-help\fP