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[Sean Silva <chisophugis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here are some things I noticed on a closer reading:

-    _( "Place a hierarchical label. This label will be seen as a
hierarchical pin in the sheet symbol" )
+    _( "Place a hierarchical label. This label will be seen as
hierarchical pin in the sheet symbol" )

The second sentence here becomes "broken" when the article is omitted. For
consistency with the other menu items, the article should probably be
omitted in the first sentence though.

-    _( "Import the footprint selection from CvPcb (the .cmp file)\n\
-in component footprint fields" )
+    _( "Back-import component footprint fields via CvPcb .cmp file" )

Is "back-import" standard terminology? (sorry, I'm pretty new to Kicad).

-                 _( "Open an existing schematic project" ),
+                 _( "Open an existing schematic sheet" ),

Is "schematic sheet" the same thing as "schematic project"? If not, then
this changes the meaning.

-    btn->SetToolTip( _( "Eeschema (Schematic editor)" ) );
+    btn->SetToolTip( _( "Eeschema - Electronic schematic editor)" ) );

Unmatched parenthesis in the string.

-- Sean Silva



On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Fabrizio Tappero <
fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Sean,
> would you be kind enough to suggest any improvements if any is needed.
> If not I'd like to ask somebody to push this patch in the main stream
> so that I start working on Cvpcb and other apps.
>
> thanks
> Fabrizio
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Sean Silva <chisophugis@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > I'm not an expert in menu item usability, but I am a native English
> speaker.
> > These labels/entries seem like a nice improvement over the existing ones.
> >
> > -- Sean Silva
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Fabrizio Tappero
> > <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >> I tried to adjust the KiCad and eeschema menu entries and labels
> following
> >> a little how a gui program normally is. It would be great if this patch
> >> could be reviewed by e native English speaker who is a little familiar
> with
> >> menu entry usability. (e.g better to say "KiCad User Manual" instead of
> >> "Help" or "Manual")
> >> I have tried to shorten button hints making them more direct and without
> >> articles like "Insert Pin" instead of "Insert a Pin".
> >>
> >> If we can find some consensus, I will work on pcbnew and other gui too.
> >>
> >> thank you
> >> Fabrizio
> >> PS the accellerator for the kicad and eeschema user manual Ctrl-H does
> not
> >> seem to work for me (but it might be a linux thing)
> >>
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