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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 18/07/2017 à 17:31, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
> On 7/18/2017 11:00 AM, jp charras wrote:
>> Le 18/07/2017 à 16:31, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>>> I'm fine with the icon improvements.  The rotate menu entry string
>>> changes are technically incorrect.  The rotation angle is user
>>> configurable and may not always be 90 degrees so "Rotate 90 deg CW" is
>>> not always going to be correct.  That is why there is no rotation angle
>>> in the current string.  I would rather the string be "Rotate Clockwise"
>>> or create the appropriate string at run time using the current user
>>> rotation setting to "Rotate 45.0 deg Clockwise".  Also, "CW" may not be
>>> understood as clockwise or easily translatable in all languages.  I
>>> guess we cannot use the degrees character '°' due to font issues.  It
>>> would be nice to use the symbol rather than spell it out so the menu
>>> string doesn't get too long.
>>
>> I confirm:
>> * CW and CCW and not really translatable. (the best way is to have 2 different icons)
> 
> What about "clockwise" and "counter clockwise", are they translatable?
> I imagine they would be.  I prefer to avoid abbreviations except for
> units whenever possible for this reason.

Yes, in French for instance, by "sens horaire" and "sens antihoraire".
(There is no corresponding abbreviation for CW and CCW).

> 
>> * the degrees character '°' is not accepted in strings to translate by our translation tools.
>> AFAIK, only ASCII7 chars are accepted.
>>
>>>
>>> On 7/4/2017 12:03 PM, Fabrizio Tappero wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> following up on the ongoing effort of reducing kicad icons and making
>>>> kicad UI more usable I am sending this patch.
>>>>
>>>> Essentially this patch simplify several icons of the right click menu
>>>> of both eeschema, pcbnew and lib component SW.
>>>>
>>>> Few minor icon look improvements  are also present.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Fabrizio



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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS