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

 

I also thinks that adding "by Kicad" does not add any information. It only
complicates the already long description.

Den 7. feb. 2018 7.50 PM skrev "Marco Ciampa" <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx>:

> 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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