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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 23/01/2018 à 16:55, Maciej Sumiński a écrit :
> On 01/23/2018 04:35 PM, jp charras wrote:
>> Le 23/01/2018 à 12:18, Maciej Sumiński a écrit :
>>> I am trying to find a better description for pin edition coupling in the
>>> symbol library editor (the rightmost button on the top toolbar). My
>>> proposal is in the attached patch, but perhaps one of our native English
>>> speakers can come up with a clearer description.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Orson
>>
>> Yes, this is a good proposal.
>>
>> Unfortunately, it is not yet perfect.
>>
>> For historical reasons, the tool that controls the multiunit pin edit mode enables this mode when it
>> is disabled (not activated), and disable the multiunit pin edit mode when it is activated.
>> (because a long time ago, multiunit parts with interchangeable units were 99% of symbols, and
>> disabling this multiunit pin edit mode (activating the tool) was useful for only 1% of symbols )
>>
>> For instance, the sentence is not clear:
>> "Normally enabled for multiunit parts with interchangeable units."
>> If "Normally enabled" is related to the pin edit mode, this is true, but the tool is not in
>> activated state
>> If "Normally enabled" is related to the tool, the sentence is wrong.
>>
>> Therefore it is really not easy to give a short and understandable explanation in a tooltip.
>> (unless changing the tool action)
> 
> Good point Jean-Pierre. I think the way forward is to rename the button
> from "Disable synchronized pin edit mode" to "Synchronized pin edit
> mode", so the button enabled will represent the active state. Removing
> negations will make the description very clear. We can still keep it
> enabled by default for multi-unit parts with interchangeable units.
> 
> Regards,
> Orson

For me, renaming the button (and slightly changing the icon look to avoid mistakes: the main issue
between versions 4 and 5 and old docs) is the less bad way.

(I don't know a good way)


-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS