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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 11:20:46AM -0600, José Ignacio wrote:
> 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.

I can't pronounce these, can you?

> 
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> Jose
> 
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> > Chris
> >
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