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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, please update your patch to use the terms "Clockwise" and
"Counterclockwise" which is consistent with the rest of kicad.

Thanks,

Wayne

On 05/04/2018 11:32 AM, Thomas Pointhuber wrote:
> so I should change it to CW and CCW? I assume the tooltip text of the
> panel should also be change accordingly.
> 
> Regards, Thomas
> 
> 
> Am 2018-05-03 um 19:44 schrieb Wayne Stambaugh:
>> 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.
>>>>
>>> I am never thrilled by using + and - instead of CW and CCW.
>>>
>>> Just because I do not know what is the meaning of + (or -)
>>>
>>> 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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