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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> On 14 Feb 2018, at 08:54, Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Well done, Michael! There is one more patch that should go with these
> changes (see the attachment), otherwise Linux users see some asserts.
> 
> I mostly agree with Jeff's remarks below, but IMHO your patches are
> already a huge improvement in their current state.
> 
> On 02/14/2018 02:23 AM, Jeff Young wrote:
>> Good stuff; I like most of these changes.  
>> 
>> A few  issues:
>> 
>> Show/Hide Layers Manager and Show/Hide Microwave Toolbar should be changed to checkable items (with just the show version of the text). They should also probably move down the menu so they’re in the same order as the toolbar buttons.
>> 
>> I think I’d use “Zone Display” instead of “Zones” for the zone display options menu.
>> 
>> User Defined Grid… should be moved from the Dimensions menu to just under Show Grid on the View menu and renamed Grid Settings....
> 
> I suppose Dimensions menu could be entirely moved to Preferences as a
> submenu.

I had another thought last night: once grid is out of Dimensions, the rest could fit reasonably well under Design Rules.  We could then organise them a bit better too so they weren’t just a big “lump”.

> 
> I also wonder if there is any reason to keep Icons submenu, as there is
> only one entry. It is not an option that is frequently changed, so could
> be safely moved to Preferences dialog.

+ 1

> 
> The same applies to Languages, but perhaps there is a benefit of easy
> access to the menu in case KiCad runs using a language unknown to the user.

And once you switch to a language you don’t know getting back can be harder if they’re in a dialog.

> 
>> Instead of adding a new top-level Inspect menu, how about reorganising the Tools menu:
> 
> True, perhaps at one point when we provide too many tools we can start
> splitting them into submenus.
> 
>> Read Netlist…
>> Update PCB from Schematic…
>> ——————
>> Measure
>> Design Rules Checker
>> ——————
>> Set Layer Pair…
>> FreeRoute
>> 
>> Alternatively, if others really like the Inspect menu, we should move Design Rules Checker to it as well.
>> 
>> I don’t think I’d move the global editing stuff from the Edit menu to the Tools menu.

This might be one of the more controversial ones.  Orson, did you have an opinion on it?

>> 
>> Pads Mask Clearance… and Differential Pairs... should probably move to the Design Rules menu?  (Or perhaps Differential Pairs… should go to the Route menu?  Either way it should be renamed Differential Pair Settings….)
>> 
>> Oh, and one of the biggest issues with Legacy vs Modern is that folks think it’s just a view change (not a whole different toolset).  We should move them to the Preferences menu to help clear that up.  They’d go well near Display Settings….
> 
> Then maybe we could make it sound more descriptive? How about 'Modern
> toolset’?

Yeah, I like that too.

Cheers,
Jeff.

> 
> Cheers,
> Orson
> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jeff
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 13 Feb 2018, at 22:46, Michael Kavanagh <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> <0007-Pcbnew-Add-missing-tools-to-menubar.patch>
>> 
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