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[Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>]

it sounds good.

cheers
Fabrizio


On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 3:19 PM Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Fabrizio,
>
> I think we’re moving in both directions at once.  Where there is only a
> single context, I favour the generic icons (for instance, we’re moving to
> using a generic save icon in contexts where that isn’t ambiguous).
> However, where multiple contexts are visible at once (such as in LibEdit
> where we had both Edit Symbol Fields and Place Text using the ’T’ icon), I
> favour making them specific.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
>
>
> On 25 Jul 2018, at 14:05, Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
> I just wold like to remind you that if you decide to personalize kicad
> icons, kicad will end up with a lot of icons to maintain.
>
> Currently kicad is using really a lot of icons and few years ago we
> tried to simplified them so that icons could be reused. This is useful
> when you try to give consistancy to the overall looks of KiCad GUI.
>
> What you guys are doing is maybe going back to what was kicad few
> years ago. I am not saying that this is a bad thing, mine is just a
> very generic comment and might not even apply to these icons in
> particular. I just would like to give you guys a larger overview of
> the icon situation.
>
> The "property" option is (often) defined with a cog wheel. It is not
> unusual for open source projects to quickly develop 25 property icons
> made with a smaller cog wheel overlaid an other icon. How, this visual
> technique might not be the best option. Overlay tiny images to convey
> specific meaning might not lead to a present use of the GUI.
>
> Also, I will not enter into tiny image pixel alignment problem because
> we did it so many time in the last 5 years here but instead I would
> love to propose to begin talking about the use of vector format icons
> and possible the use of script to combine icons.
>
> Just my 2c
>
> Cheers
> Fabrizio
>
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:45 PM John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Sure thing! Here they are.
>
> I have modified part_properties (patch 1) and create field_properties
> and used in the menu and toolbar (patch 2).
>
> Attached are the PNGs for reference.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 8:35 PM, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> When you get a chance could you also edit the part_properties_xpm icon to
> be the op-amp with a gear over it?
>
> Oh, and a new icon with the op-amp with a little ’T’ in the bottom right
> corner would be great.
>
> (Both are for the symbol editor.  They’re currently just a generic gear
> and a generic ’T’.)
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff.
>
>
> On 24 Jul 2018, at 16:56, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I’ve merged your icon, John.  Thanks for your contribution!
>
> On 24 Jul 2018, at 12:35, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Here is a new icon for the board setup toolbar and menu item. The
> generic gear icon is no clear, as it looks like "Preferences" rather
> than board setup.
>
> PNG included for reference only.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
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