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Re: [PATCH] Eeschema: reorganize options, step 1

 

As I'm going to do this incrementally, do you want to merge it in steps 
like that, so we can get feedback from the others as I go? Or would you 
prefer I just keep updating the patch?

On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 04:35:45PM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> This is a nice first pass.  It certainly is less cluttered.
> 
> On 12/19/2015 10:42 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > Okay, here's my first patch (hopefully of a series) to reorganize 
> > options, for your consideration. Some screenshots:
> > 
> > https://misc.c4757p.com/eeschema_options_1.png
> > https://misc.c4757p.com/eeschema_options_2.png
> > https://misc.c4757p.com/eeschema_options_3.png
> > https://misc.c4757p.com/eeschema_options_4.png
> > 
> > Splitting up the options like that makes it a lot easier to read through 
> > them, in my opinion. Also, it opened up the mnemonic space so that 
> > _every_ item could have a non-clashing keyboard mnemonic assigned.
> > 
> > As the next step, I'd like to move the hotkeys dialog into here as a 
> > container in the Controls tab. Thoughts?
> 
> Sounds reasonable.
> 
> > 
> > After that I'd like to go further and tidy up the settings in pcbnew in 
> > a similar way. That's a harder task, particularly considering the mess 
> > that is the disparate legacy and GAL settings. I'll have to give that 
> > one some thought and mailing-list consideration.
> > 
> > --
> > Chris
> > 
> > 
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