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[Henri Jubin <hjubin27@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello every body,
I am using kicad for 4 years now under linux ubuntu.  I would like to share some usability concerns i have with kicad.

- Project Window: 

There is no "Preferences" at the project level

There is a big problem when working with kicad when trying to use a set of preferences from one project to another.  every new pcb project need a full "re" setting of the preferences by going in each sub application (schema, librairies, pcb).  

It will be good to have a central preference point at the project level where ALL the settings could be set.  And then having the ability to copy/transfert/clone these setting to projects.

- Tables with the parameters:  

These feature do not work well in the 2014-jan-14 release.  At this point i am completely blocked on using kicad

- Printing-Publishing:  

It is nice to have the full chain schema to pcb files production working one day i hope .  But It is needed also to have a way to publish/print the full content of the project.  I would like to know if somebody has been able to do that.  In my case it is just messy and i am doing screen captures!  Quite stupid is'nt !

I am a big fan of kicad dont take my comments negatively but as a way to improve things.

Regards
Henri