kicad-developers team mailing list archive

[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

No matter what they are called, it should be *one* thing. Currently there
seems to be a few options.

Schematic items - symbol / chip / component
PCB item - footprint / module / package

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Are we calling them "symbols" now? Internally they are called with
> "components" or "parts" depending on whether they are on a schematic...
>
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 03:25:03PM +1300, Simon Wells wrote:
> > just a slight segue.... is it not better to refer to symbols rather
> > than components? as with the footprints being seperated from the
> > symbols i don't see the justification for calling it a component (will
> > also require renaming other stuff)
> >
> > On 23 March 2017 at 12:12, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 11:53:40PM +0100, Clemens Koller wrote:
> > >> Hello, Fabrizio!
> > >>
> > >> The horizontal + vertical justify radio buttons could possibly be
> improved by showing the alignment visually as it's done in [1] by using a 3
> x 3 radio button matrix. It can also reduce the number of clicks to 1 to
> adjust hor + vert simultaneously.
> > >>
> > >> The timestamp is not human readable. It seems strange to me to dump
> it as hex-number on the UI. (WTF!?)
> > >
> > > I'm struggling to think of a use for this. Maybe for power users, to
> > > jump quickly to the component in the raw sch file by searching for it -
> > > but why not just search for the reference?
> > >
> > > I wonder how many people would complain if I took that out.
> > >
> > >>
> > >> The Component/Chip Name thingy seems to be lost a bit on the lower
> left. Maybe some sorting of the elements based on the usage/setup procedure
> as well as logic dependency could do some good.
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >> Clemens
> > >>
> > >> [1] https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/File:WG9-9.png
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 2017-03-22 10:32, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
> > >> > hi guys,
> > >> > I am looking at some new icons that were introduced in kicad by the
> people who made the related functionalities and at the user experience in
> general. If any of you guys has any feedback about possible (aesthetic) UI
> improvements I would love to know.
> > >> >
> > >> > Specifically I am looking at this menu.
> > >> >
> > >> > Inline image 1
> > >> >
> > >> > the section "Chip Name" is a part that I use a lot and I find a
> little "mysterious". Before going further with a possible patch to improve
> a little the usability of it I would like to know if there is any of you
> interesting in giving an opinion. I would love to know from the person who
> made it what exactly is the Chip Name section for. I feel it is not so
> evident to the user.
> > >> >
> > >> > cheers
> > >> > Fabrizio
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > _______________________________________________
> > >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> > >> > Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> > >> > More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> > >> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> > >> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> > > Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> > > More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>