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

I concur with "Ctrl+D", and also I feel that "duplicate" and "copy" should
be differentiated.

COPY - Copy the item into memory, ready for a paste
DUPLICATE - COPY and then immediately instantiate the copy onto the working
screen

On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 5:43 PM, Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> I agree with making the CTRL+D the key for duplicated in eeschema so
> that it is coherent with the same duplicated key in pcbnew. I did not
> insist with Wayne on this because I felt he knew why it was a good
> idea not to do it.
>
> But if I can insist I insist ;-)
>
> Cheers
> Fabrizio
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 6:10 PM, Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > For the record, the patch is merged. I kept the old hot key for
> > duplication (as requested), but if I were to decide - I would go for
> > CTRL+D. Alternatively, I would change pcbnew to use C for duplicate,
> > just make the hot keys coherent.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Orson
> >
> > On 06/23/2017 08:00 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> >> Fabrizio,
> >>
> >> I took a look at this patch and have a few comments.
> >>
> >> It will need to be rebased since I've already removed the hierarchy tool
> >> and all related code.
> >>
> >> The ctrl-d hotkey is already used in pcbnew so I don't think changing it
> >> in eeschema makes sense.  I would keep 'C' in eeschema for consistency.
> >>
> >> I'm OK with the icon changes and the terminology change form "Copy" to
> >> "Duplicate".
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Wayne
> >>
> >> On 6/20/2017 6:02 AM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>> following up on the recent proposal to rename the eeschema "copy"
> >>> command into "duplicate" and its shortcut I am sending this patch.
> >>>
> >>> Specifically this patch does the following:
> >>>
> >>> 1) rename eeschema right click menu item "Copy" into "Duplicate"
> >>> 2) rename eeschema right click menu item "Save block" into "Copy block"
> >>> 3) change "Duplicate" shortcut from "C" to "Ctrl-D"
> >>> 4) change eeschema right click menu item "Duplicate" icon from a copy
> >>> icon into a duplicate
> >>> 5) deletes right vertical toolbar "ascend/descend hierarchy" icon and
> >>> its unnecessary code. Please make sure I deleted all of it.
> >>> 6) replace few redundant icons in the eeschema right click menu into
> >>> more global icon (now global move icon)
> >>> 7) replace the "mirror_footprint_axisX.svg" for a more standard
> >>> "mirror" global icon.
> >>> 8) replaced eeschema right click menu "delete_text" icon with more
> >>> global "delete" icon
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Fabrizio
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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