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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 04:30:11PM +0100, jp charras wrote:
> Le 21/02/2017 à 16:05, Chris Pavlina a écrit :
> > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 02:57:18PM +0100, jp charras wrote:
> >> [snip]
> >>
> >> After changing an option, you have to quit and restart Kicad, to take in account the icon settings.
> > 
> > I don't have time to test this right now, but... for me, this is
> > unacceptable. No option should require a restart. The functions that
> > populate the menus claim to be able to repopulate them, you should make
> > use of that, and fix it if it doesn't work right.
> 
> Chris, you have missed something: it is an *experimental* feature.
> Therefore I need to known is it is working or useful.
> 
> I do not want spend my time to repopulate the toolbars, if this feature does not work fine on HDPI
> monitors, and if is is never added to Kicad.
> 
> Therefore it is perfectly acceptable, for an experimental test.

Sure, I just mean it won't be acceptable if the experimental feature is
turned into a real feature ;)

> 
> 
> > 
> >>
> >> I need to know:
> >> * If the look of large icons is good with HDPI monitors (standards icons are just scaled)
> >> * If it is useful with monitors having only a vertical size of 800 pixels (choose "small icons")
> >> * If HDPI monitors are correctly detected (the Kicad/preferences/Icons Options shows in HDPI
> >> SysScale menu the scaling factor returned by wxWidgets for the monitor in use to display the Kicad
> >> manger.
> >> * If it makes sense to have an option to enable/disable icons in menus at run time, especially for
> >> OSX users.
> > 
> > OSX cannot display icons in menus, so hide the option for them.
> > 
> > Why can't we just kill menu icons entirely? Very few other applications
> > use them, and those that do use them sparingly, only for things users
> > need to find very quickly. KiCad is the only one I've seen that puts a
> > bloody huge icon on every single menu item.
> > 
> >>
> >> Attached the patch to test this experimental feature.
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> 
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