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Re:  [PATCH] Adjust Menubar of 3D Viewer to common style
  
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From:
 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
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Date:
 Thu, 3 May 2018 13:44:28 -0400
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On 5/3/2018 1:28 PM, jp charras wrote:
> Le 03/05/2018 à 18:44, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>> I did notice one thing that is a bit odd in the first patch.  The rotate
>> menu entries use -> and <- to signify clockwise and counter-clockwise
>> directions.  I'm not sure this is clear to the user.  If we need to
>> avoid the verbosity of CW and CCW then maybe we should use + and - instead.
>>
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> I am never thrilled by using + and - instead of CW and CCW.
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> Just because I do not know what is the meaning of + (or -)
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> If + is the positive rotation using mathematical positive angle rotation definition, it is
> equivalent to CCW.
> But I am not sure this is the way it is understood by all users and I find this notation ambiguous.
> 
Me neither.  I prefer CW and CCW.  + and - were suggestions as an
improvement over -> and <-.  It appears that the menu icons actually
show the correct axis rotation.
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