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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/11/2016 2:09 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> At least on Linux, and probably on other platforms, the system locale
> specifies the standard local paper size. Can anybody explain to me,
> then, why sch_screen.cpp:98 hard codes this to A4? KiCad is a localized
> application, surely the developer who daydreamed of the entire world
> using A4 by default was aware of this fact when they typed
> m_paper(wxT("A4")) into the default constructor.

I'm OK with changing this to the current locale.  It has to default to
something when the object is created.  A PAGE_INFO object ctor could be
created to do this.

> 
> A slightly less interesting question is why this appears not to be
> something the user can configure.

This would be a useful setting in both eeschema and pcbnew.