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[Jean-Paul Louis <louijp@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 7, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Jean-Paul Louis <louijp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello Jean-Pierre,
> 
> Thanks for your prompt reply.
> I did rebuild with the switch as you suggested, and it works for all the menus items but one.
> The kicad sub-menu stays without icons.
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> Maybe now I am asking for too much.
> 
> Jean-Paul
> AC9GH
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 7, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Jean-Paul Louis <louijp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> 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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