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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 07:34:25PM +0200, jp charras wrote:
> Le 18/07/2017 à 19:14, "Jörg Hermann" a écrit :
> > Translation of Clockwise and Counterclockwise are long texts in many languages:
> > Uhrzeigersinn and Gegenuhrzeigersinn in german for example.
> >  
> > If the icon depicts (dynamically) the sense of rotation, the text can be short as "Rotate" - which
> > is short in many languages.
> > Just an idea?
> >  
> > Jörg Hermann
> >  
> 
> I agree icons should show the rotation.
> 
> However Rotate Clockwise (or Counter Clockwise ) is still needed (just "Rotate" is not acceptable)
> because icons are not always displayed:
> - On OSX by default (although they can be shown, this is an option in Kicad, now)
> - On Linux, some WM do not display icons in menus.

What? WM has no control over menus.

> 
> Besides, English language is know for its short words and sentences.
> Translations are using most of time longer words and sentences, and this is sometimes an issue in menus.
> We (translators) have to live with that.
> 
> -- 
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> 
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