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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't see any patches attached.

2017-05-30 14:54 GMT+02:00 Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello Wayne,
> In attachment you can find a good review of approx 30 icons and a global
> simplification of approx 30 icons.
> I have also corrected some menu labels.
>
> Since there is a lot of corrected text that is very much related to
> English, it would be great if you could review it before submitting it. A
> not so fun work but I think it will make kicad a much better tool.
>
> I think it would be recommendable to avoid "a" and "the" in button and menu
> tooltips. So that it way easier to understand what the button or tooltip is
> about. The use of singular plural is also inconsistent and I tried to fix
> it. Please Wayne feel free to make any changes you think is important.
>
> I have also notices that several menus are a little inconstant. I will try
> work on it since I think the current kicad UI is very usable but it needs
> to be more consistent.
>
> I have tried to fixed a lot of icons so that their meaning is more
> immediate to understand. I have as well started a process of simplification
> of many redundant icons. I think it is important that we begin simplifing
> the kicad icon set because at the moment is really too large.
>
> Here below a detailed description of the changes.
>
> Cheers
> Fabrizio
>
>
> ### Deleted the following icons(deleted: svg, cpp and png):
> edit_component
> edit_part
> move_text
> rotate_field
> rotate_glabel
> rotate_module_cw
> rotate_module_ccw
> rotate_pin
> rotatehlabel
> many_good_icons
> dismiss
> move_track
> move_track_segment
> library2
> copy_button
> copyblock
> edit_sheet
> icon_text
> pagelayout_new
> sch_new
> rescue_pcbnew
> schematic
> pagelayout_load_default
> gerbview_open_recent_ziparchive_files
> gerbview_open_recent_drill_files
> gerber_recent_files
> pagelayout_recent
> revert_pcbnew
>
> ### Lightly modified icons:
> bom
> autoplace_fields
> flip_board
> duplicate_module
> delete
> new_sch
> new_pcb
> new_component
> general_deletions
> reload
> pagelayout_load
> add_line
> add_entry
> add_tracks
> add_tracks_and_vias
> about
> array_module
> image
> noconn
> add_dashed_line.svg
> add_bus.svg
> scheamatic
> resize_sheet
> eeschema
> netlist
> pagelayout_load_default
> datasheet
> svg_file
> pagelayout_normal_view_mode
> pagelayout_special_view_mode
> unknow
> export
> import
> pcb_update
> pcbnew
> editor
> edit
> directory
> browse_files
> icon_gerbview_small
> post_drill
>
>
>
> ### created few new icons that replace few icons used inproperly (created
> svg, cpp, png):
> exchange
> icon
> drag
> rescue
> path
> copy
> new_generic
> recent
> pcbcalculator
>
> ### Corrected some label content. It is important here to be rigorus about
> it. Inkscape could
> be a good tool that can be used as reference:
> eescheam rightclick menu
> cvpcb rightclick menu
> pcbnew rightclick menu
> libedit rightclick menu
> icon tooltips
> gerber and drill file menu
> main kicad hotkey icon menu
> fixes several tooltip phrases like "Opens a new schematic" into "Open new
> schematic sheet"
> few more menues and sub menus here and there (see git log for details).
>
> Beside makes many icons more effective, this massive patch is trying to
> rise the quality of the kicad UI. Few examples are:
> write all words in a menu  with capital letter. Tooltip sentence should
> start with capital letter.
> do not end a menu item is with a dot "."
> do not use "the" or "a" when possible for both tooltip and menu item
> use consistent and meaninguful text. "Set Language" is better than
> "Language".
> "Set grid origin" is better than "Set origin point for the grid"
> limit use of "..." (this is a debatable issue)
> etc.
>
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