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[Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

I have just pushed the patch with Jean-Pierre remark regarding pin
numbering applied. Thank you all for comments.

Regards,
Orson

On 01/24/2018 05:07 PM, jp charras wrote:
> Le 24/01/2018 à 16:33, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>> Orson,
>>
>> Looks fine to me.  I'm not sure how clear the icon will be to users but
>> it makes more sense to me than the current icon.  The wording definitely
>> makes more sense.  Thanks for fixing this.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Wayne>
>> On 1/24/2018 9:28 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
>>> I attach a patch that hopefully describes the mode a bit clearer. There
>>> is also a new icon to reflect the new logic behind the patch (see the
>>> attached imaged for comparison: left is the old icon, right is the
>>> proposed icon).
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Orson
>>>
> 
> 
> Looks also fine to me.
> 
> However, the sentence:
> "Synchronized pin edit mode propagates all pin changes to other units"
> should be something like:
> "Synchronized pin edit mode propagates all pin changes but pin number change to other units"
> 
> Because pin number is specific to each unit.
> 
>>> On 01/23/2018 05:09 PM, jp charras wrote:
>>>> 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)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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