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

 

Let's do this incrementally.  Please give me time to catch up on my
patch commit backlog.

On 12/21/2015 10:21 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> 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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