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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 11:47:27AM +0100, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> I totally agree with you John. If you think you want to go ahead and review
> Konstantin icons and submit small groups of new and improved icons, I think
> that would be a terrific idea.
> 
> I just would like you to be a little "sensitive" on the fact that whatever
> improvement on kiCad looks is totally welcome but it would be great if it
> could come gradually. The KiCad documentation (in all its languages) is not
> really ready for a totally new icon look.

The documentation build system really needs to have an automated way to
pull bitmaps for icons directly from the source repository...

> 
> I think it would be totally great if we could first go ahead with the
> submission of this
> https://code.launchpad.net/~john-j-beard/kicad/+git/kicad/+ref/icons
> 
> plus the icon in attachment.
> 
> this is just my 2c.
> 
> Cheers
> Fabrizio
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 6:35 PM, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think Konstantin's icons are a more complete and homegenous set -
> > I'd rather see those go in first. If there is still any use for my
> > icons after that, I can rebase on top of that.
> >
> > He and I have talked about rebasing his branch into a simpler set of
> > smaller patches (eg. just zoom icons) for easier review, since I think
> > icons can easily attracts lots of comment, and getting bogged down in
> > talking about colours of vias when the zoom icons are fine would be
> > frustrating!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 12:37 AM, Fabrizio Tappero
> > <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi Wayne,
> > > John metion that his changes are on the tip of this branch:
> > >
> > > https://code.launchpad.net/~john-j-beard/kicad/+git/kicad/+ref/icons
> > >
> > > Also, would you please be so kind to include this icon in attachment. I
> > have
> > > some problem is generating the patch for it.
> > >
> > > thank you
> > > Fabrizio
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Where do we stand on this?  I think these changes should be committed.
> > >> If there are no objections, please send a patch to the dev list so I can
> > >> merge it.
> > >>
> > >> On 2/10/2017 4:37 PM, John Beard wrote:
> > >> > Hi,
> > >> >
> > >> > I have a few tweaks to some icons in Pcbnew and Eeschema. These are
> > >> > mostly minor tweaks that are intended to make the icons match a little
> > >> > better and give a more uniform look and feel:
> > >> >
> > >> > https://code.launchpad.net/~john-j-beard/kicad/+git/kicad/+ref/icons
> > >> >
> > >> > * Pixel align a few icons to make then crisper when displayed
> > >> > * Redraw all the zoom icons to be crisper and flatter. The zoom to fit
> > >> > (Home) icon is now a sort of reticle rather than a pair of square
> > >> > brackets as text.
> > >> > * Redraw console icon to be flat to match other existing icons.
> > >> > * Mute some very bright colours, especially the green-legged module
> > >> > icons - use the zone icons as a guide for the colour brightness.
> > >> >
> > >> > Attached are screen shots of pcbnew and eeschema, where you can see
> > >> > some of the icons.
> > >> >
> > >> > I know icons and UI subjects in general are very subjective and
> > >> > personal, so I'd welcome input!
> > >> >
> > >> > Cheers,
> > >> >
> > >> > John
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
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