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Re: [Kicad-doc-devs] string change proposal

 

On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 09:23:22AM -0700, Andy Peters wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Feb 7, 2018, at 5:09 AM, Marco Ciampa <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > I am not a native english,
> 
> Your English is better than my Italian!
> 
> > so I think it is better to ask even for small phrases:
> > 
> > Here:
> > 
> > #. type: Plain text
> > #: kicad.adoc:246
> > msgid ""
> > "You may define your favorite text editor and PDF viewer. These settings are "
> > "used whenever you want to open a text or PDF file."
> > 
> > I would have written it in a more esplicit way like:
> > 
> > "You may define your favorite text editor and PDF viewer. These settings are "
> > "used by KiCad whenever you want to open a text or PDF file from the inside "
> > "of any of the KiCad tools."
> > 
> > Comments?
> 
> In general, I’m a fan of being as explicit and clear as possible. But,
> in this case, I think the user should be aware that s/he’s setting
> something from within Kicad, and as such that setting is only relevant
> when interacting with a Kicad tool.

Ok, thanks Andy!

Best regards,

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Marco Ciampa

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