Problems with Pbnew manual

[Robin-Whittle]

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I have attached a text file describing the 25 or so problems I found with the Pcbnew manual, as included with KiCad 4.0.7 (date on second page August 24, 2017). Pcbnew-manual-problems.txt I don't have time to report them as separate issues and I doubt if anyone would want that. (I originally posted these as https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1724217 - but then learnt that this is for source code, not the documentation.)

I find the user interface regarding moving, duplicating, moving exactly and making arrays particularly difficult to understand. One of the problems is how these capabilities seem to differ between Pcbnew and Footprint Editor, with some things apparently not being possible in Pcbnew. Whatever the capabilities of the program, the current documentation is not at all adequate.

I don't know the program well enough to confidently contribute replacement text for some of the problems I describe. Other problems are simple and easily fixed, such as the images on page 56 needing to be swapped.

I imagine a developer could fix most of the problems I identify without any fuss, but some would require substantial rewrites by someone fully familiar with the program.

Thanks for KiCad!

Robin