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[jean-pierre charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Rafael Sokolowski (our german translator) sent me a patch for a new 
Kicad About dialog.
I committed it in rev  2470.
The look is very good.
Old code is not removed (see basicframe.cpp to select old or new dialog).

See below his first mail.

Rafael Sokolowski a écrit :
> > > Hello Jean-Pierre,
> > >
> > > I have seen on the todo list that there is the wish to have an unique looking about box under different platforms. 
> > > I have created one that looks quite the same by use of wxGtk or wxMSW but I have no occasion to test it under OS X. 
> > > The API of my version is very similar as it is currently used in KiCad by initializing this wxAboutDialogInfo object. 
> > >
> > > currently usage within KiCad... 
> > > info.AddTranslator( wxT( "French (FR) Jean-Pierre Charras <jean-pierre.charras@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>" ) ); 
> > >
> > > as it is used by my version... 
> > > info.AddTranslator( new Contributor( wxT( "Jean-Pierre Charras" ), wxT( "jean-pierre.charras@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" ), wxT( "French (FR)" ), new wxBitmap(lang_fr_xpm) ) ); 
> > >
> > > A 'Contributor' consists of a name, an email address and optional of a category and a category specific ico 
> > > URL's will be represented as hyperlinks, thus a homepage (e.g. KiCad's project webpage, the wiki or the bugtracker site) can be easily started or a developer contacted. 
> > > Persons which have worked on the same issue like by the design of 3D modules can be assigned to the same category, thus will be listed below the appropriate category. 
> > > Please have a look on the attached example and let me know wether there is any interest to have a new about dialog. 
> > > Currently, I have not integrated this into KiCad, it is within a separat project and was adapted for KiCad as you can see by the icons and the content. 
> > >
> > > Btw: The symbol for the dutch flag needs a slightly rework because it is a little bit to tall. 
> > >
> > > Best regards, 
> > > Rafael Sokolowski 
> > >    
> > >       
> > Thanks, 
> > Your About dialog is very good. 
> > So I am interested to integrate it in Kicad. 
> >
> > --  
> > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS 
> >
> >     

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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS