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[José Ignacio <jose.cyborg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 7:56 AM, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I admit I'm getting self-indulgent here, this request is definitely a
> bit "what Chris would do if made Dictator of KiCad", but... just testing
> the waters here:
>
> What do people think about, for either the 5.0 or 6.0 release, ditching
> the old application names, in favor of everything being one tool under
> the "KiCad" roof:
>
> Eeschema    -> Schematic editor
> Pcbnew      -> PCB editor, or Layout editor, or Board editor
> Cvpcb       -> "Assign Footprints"
> Pl Editor   -> Title block editor
> Bitmap2Component    -> Remove as independent app, make "Import image" in
>                        libedit and modedit
>
> I know this one is going to be controversial, but I don't really see the
> point of these old names. They're... weird. Cvpcb - what does that even
> mean? :P
>
>
What about this for short names (and the names of standalone
executables/class files if they ever get refactored)

Eeschema -> KiSchem (kischem)
Pcbnew -> KiPCB (kipcb)
PL Editor -> KiPLEdit (kipledit)
Modedit -> KiFPEdit (kifpedit)
Libedit -> KiSymEdit (kisymedit)

The ki prefix sounds kinda forced/smurfy in some of these, but it's
consistent and avoids collisions, then for the UI the long names Chris
suggested would work fine, they are being used already.

--
Jose

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> Chris
>
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