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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 10:55:59AM +0100, Attila Kinali wrote:
> Moin!
> 
> On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:16:12 -0500
> Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Related to my previous mail, as it would add an option or two - Wayne 
> > suggested, and I agree, that the eeschema options dialog is getting 
> > stuffed. I suggested that I kind of wanted to rework the options system 
> > as a whole, but that's a big project, and organizing them has to come 
> > first anyway.
> 
> Cool! Thanks!
> 
> Will you be at FOSDEM? I have a couple of ideas regarding this, that I
> would like to discuss.

Nah, I'd love to, but I can't afford travel right now :(

I like your organization - if Wayne's okay with this, I'll probably go 
with that, then. I have one comment: in the current setup, the major 
categories are tabs, so I'd probably shorten the names a bit - with 
things like "Keyboard and Mouse", the tab set is going to get too long, 
too fast. I'd probably rename "Keyboard and Mouse" -> "Controls", and 
"Text and Line" -> "Graphics" or "Display". I actually think your names 
are "better" purely by themselves, but I do have to make sure the tabs 
fit too :)

> 
> > I can easily rearrange them, into multiple tabs; it shouldn't take more 
> > than an hour or so - nice quick change. How's this for a proposed tree 
> > of options? Each page will then be subdivided into simple groups of 
> > three or four options.
> 
> I am not so sure about the naming and grouping.
> It somehow feels off. But I cannot point my finger at what it is.
> 
> How about the following (i'm not exactly sure whether it's better)
> 
> - General
> 	- Undo and Save
>         	- Auto-save time interval
>         	- Maximum undo items
> 	- Show page limits
> 	- Measurement units
> 
> - Editing
> 	- Repeat items
>         	- Horizontal pitch of repeated items
> 	        - Vertical pitch of repeated items
> 	        - Increment of repeated labels
> 	- Field autoplacement
>         	- Automatically place component fields
>         	- Allow field autoplace to change justification
>         	- Always align autoplaced fields to the 50 mil grid
> 
> - Keyboard and Mouse settings
> 	- Center and warp cursor on zoom
> 	- Use middle mouse button to pan
>         - Limit panning to scroll size
>         - Pan while moving object
> 
> - Text and Line setting
> 	- Grid size
> 	- Bus thickness
> 	- Line thickness
> 	- Part ID notation
> 	- Show grid
> 	- Restrict buses and wires to H and V orientation
> 
> 
> - Default field names (I would make this its own tab, as it is now)
> 
> 
> I agree with Tomasz that the options should not be removed from the dialog
> and have placed them in their appropriate sections.
> Actually, I think it's a good idea to have multiple places to change something
> (as long as all dialogs are consistent).
> 
> 			Attila Kinali
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