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[Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>]

We agree, good job, 24->0 words!
No need to specify something that's already been set system wide.

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 8:06 AM, Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On Feb 8, 2018, at 3:42 AM, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > … or "Set default text editor and PDF viewer programs to open files from
> KiCad”
>
> +1
>
>
> One could interpret “open files from KiCad” as being “Open files created
> by KiCad.”
>
> The point I was trying to make, and perhaps wasn’t clear on, is that
> applications should never modify operating-system defaults that affect
> other applications. Thus saying “open files from (within) KiCad” is
> unnecessary, as it is understood that this setting affects performing this
> operation from within Kicad only.
>
> I suppose, further, that this whole thing about choosing which PDF viewer
> and which text editor to use is completely unnecessary. Why _wouldn’t_
> KiCad open text files in the OS default text editor? Why _wouldn’t_ you
> want it to open PDF files in the OS default PDF viewer? I set those
> defaults in the OS for a reason, and I expect applications to uses those
> defaults.
>
> -a
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> On 8 Feb 2018, at 10:15, Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Wow, that sentence is unnecessarily long.
>
> By rephrasing, you can cut that text in half. Also, why is text editor and
> PDF viewer in the same context? Default text editor and default PDF viewer
> do not open the same files, is this a context for a Group where those 2 are
> defined, weird...
>
> Telling the user that he "may define" a"Default Text Editor" is redundant,
> same for favorite, default is better, that's what is seen across many
> programs, you define a default program to open files, you don't define a
> favorite program. "These settings" redundant because you are in a settings
> editor window, duhh.
>
> How about "Set default text editor and PDF viewer programs"?
>
> If you want to be more explicit: "Set default text editor and PDF viewer
> programs for use by KiCad" or "Set default text editor and PDF viewer
> programs to open files from KiCad"
>
> On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 8:23 AM, Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
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>> > 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.
>>
>> -a
>
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