From 4ee4f83de4b7c5c4a4c990f00b070bfc67ab899e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dickelbeck <Unknown>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 18:16:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] move polar coordinates display to status field 2, so that
 field 0 persists.

---
 common/drawframe.cpp    |  2 +-
 pcbnew/basepcbframe.cpp | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/drawframe.cpp b/common/drawframe.cpp
index 990afc6903..63725e4f7f 100644
--- a/common/drawframe.cpp
+++ b/common/drawframe.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void WinEDA_DrawFrame::Affiche_Message( const wxString& message )
  *  Display the message on the bottom the frame
  */
 {
-    SetStatusText( message );
+    SetStatusText( message, 0 );
 }
 
 
diff --git a/pcbnew/basepcbframe.cpp b/pcbnew/basepcbframe.cpp
index 3df10357a6..39b6b1e452 100644
--- a/pcbnew/basepcbframe.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/basepcbframe.cpp
@@ -336,22 +336,21 @@ void WinEDA_BasePcbFrame::UpdateStatusBar()
  * Update the status bar information.
  */
 {
-    wxString        Line;
-    int             dx, dy;
-    double          theta, ro;
-    BASE_SCREEN*    screen = GetBaseScreen();
-
-    if( !screen )
-        return;
-
     WinEDA_DrawFrame::UpdateStatusBar();
 
-    dx = screen->m_Curseur.x - screen->m_O_Curseur.x;
-    dy = screen->m_Curseur.y - screen->m_O_Curseur.y;
-
-    if( DisplayOpt.DisplayPolarCood )  /* Display coordonnee polaire */
+    if( DisplayOpt.DisplayPolarCood )  // display polar coordinates
     {
-        if( (dx == 0) && (dy == 0) )
+        BASE_SCREEN*    screen = GetBaseScreen();
+        if( !screen )
+            return;
+
+        wxString        Line;
+        double          theta, ro;
+
+        int dx = screen->m_Curseur.x - screen->m_O_Curseur.x;
+        int dy = screen->m_Curseur.y - screen->m_O_Curseur.y;
+
+        if( dx==0 && dy==0 )
             theta = 0.0;
         else
             theta = atan2( (double) -dy, (double) dx );
@@ -362,9 +361,17 @@ void WinEDA_BasePcbFrame::UpdateStatusBar()
         Line.Printf( g_UnitMetric ? wxT( "Ro %.3f Th %.1f" ) : wxT( "Ro %.4f Th %.1f" ),
                      To_User_Unit( g_UnitMetric, ro, m_InternalUnits ),
                      theta );
+
+        // overwrite the absolute cartesian coordinates
+        SetStatusText( Line, 2 );
     }
 
+    /*  not this, because status field no. 0 is reserved for actual fleeting
+        status information.  If this is enabled, then that text is erased on
+        every DrawPanel redraw.  Field no. 0 is set with Affiche_Message() and it
+        should persist until called again.
     SetStatusText( Line, 0 );
+    */
 }