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Re: [PATCH] simplied right click menu icons

 

Clockwise and counter-clockwise are the most usual term in American Engish,
other localizations should use the most usual term in their respective
locales (remember, this is localization, not literal translation). For
example in Argentinian Spanish it should be "Horario" and "Antihorario".
Encoding information in the icons only is not a good idea, as users can
disable them (or the system can disable them by default) also screen
readers can't read icons (though i doubt many blind people would be using
kicad to lay out circuits).

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Clemens Koller <cko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> If we want to avoid clockwise (CW) and counterclockwise (CCW) I suggest to
> add a sign to the rotation, which should be trivial to translate:
>
> Mathematics/complex plane stuff tells that:
> CCW = positive rotation =  rotate + = rot+
> CW = negative rotation = rotate - = rot-
>
> In german we can use "rotieren +" und "rotieren -".
>
> Regards,
>
> Clemens
>
>
> On 2017-07-18 19:34, 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
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