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[Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>]

here you go.

Fabrizio

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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