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[Jean-Paul Louis <louijp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Could this be a run-time config option (Preference setting) instead of a build option? 
That way we would please everyone.

I know that OS X usually does not have those, but I like icons in menu, and I will live without it.
Just looking at the manual, I was surprised no to have them, so I thought that it could have been an oversight.

My $0.02,
Jean-Paul
AC9GH

On Jun 7, 2014, at 7:11 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I am no an OSX user, but I know that OSX generally don't use these
> menu icons. It is also described in [1], see the section "Using Icons
> in Menus".
> 
> I have also seen in Gnome 3 that it has been removed. I cann't see the
> menus in my Gnome setup, even though I try to enable it via gconf.
> 
> I don't like this, I like the icons in the menu, they make it easier
> to find the wanted menu entry by looking at these small pictograms.
> IMO this is a matter of fact that some designers don't actually use
> their computer.
> 
> [1] https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/applehiguidelines/Menus/Menus.html
> 
> 2014-06-07 10:15 GMT+02:00 jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Le 07/06/2014 07:00, Jean-Paul Louis a écrit :
>>> I did not pay attention to it until I reread the KiCad Manual tonight.
>>> Here is the capture of the kicad menu on my Mac (OS X 10.9.3)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Here is the copy of the Manual. We can see that the Mac is missing the
>>> Icons. I do not know if this is normal, or something that needs to be
>>> sorted out by the KiCad OS X gurus.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jean-Paul
>>> AC9GH
>> 
>> This is optional.
>> 
>> You can run cmake with option -DUSE_IMAGES_IN_MENUS=ON
>> 
>> the default is OFF for OSX and ON for other systems (due to some OS X
>> guru but not KiCad guru)
>> 
>> I do not know if this is a bad or good option (I am not an OSX user).
>> OSX users could give their opinion about this option.
>> 
>> (see CMakeLists.txt, line 276)
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>> 
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