Hello guys,
thank you Sean for the feedback. In attachment the reviewed patch.

Please consider for mainstream build.

Best regards
Fabrizio


On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 1:19 AM, Sean Silva <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here are some things I noticed on a closer reading:
>
> -    _( "Place a hierarchical label. This label will be seen as a
> hierarchical pin in the sheet symbol" )
> +    _( "Place a hierarchical label. This label will be seen as hierarchical
> pin in the sheet symbol" )
>
> The second sentence here becomes "broken" when the article is omitted. For
> consistency with the other menu items, the article should probably be
> omitted in the first sentence though.
>
> -    _( "Import the footprint selection from CvPcb (the .cmp file)\n\
> -in component footprint fields" )
> +    _( "Back-import component footprint fields via CvPcb .cmp file" )
>
> Is "back-import" standard terminology? (sorry, I'm pretty new to Kicad).
>
> -                 _( "Open an existing schematic project" ),
> +                 _( "Open an existing schematic sheet" ),
>
> Is "schematic sheet" the same thing as "schematic project"? If not, then
> this changes the meaning.
>
> -    btn->SetToolTip( _( "Eeschema (Schematic editor)" ) );
> +    btn->SetToolTip( _( "Eeschema - Electronic schematic editor)" ) );
>
> Unmatched parenthesis in the string.
>
> -- Sean Silva
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Fabrizio Tappero
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Sean,
>> would you be kind enough to suggest any improvements if any is needed.
>> If not I'd like to ask somebody to push this patch in the main stream
>> so that I start working on Cvpcb and other apps.
>>
>> thanks
>> Fabrizio
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Sean Silva <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > I'm not an expert in menu item usability, but I am a native English
>> > speaker.
>> > These labels/entries seem like a nice improvement over the existing
>> > ones.
>> >
>> > -- Sean Silva
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Fabrizio Tappero
>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello,
>> >> I tried to adjust the KiCad and eeschema menu entries and labels
>> >> following
>> >> a little how a gui program normally is. It would be great if this patch
>> >> could be reviewed by e native English speaker who is a little familiar
>> >> with
>> >> menu entry usability. (e.g better to say "KiCad User Manual" instead of
>> >> "Help" or "Manual")
>> >> I have tried to shorten button hints making them more direct and
>> >> without
>> >> articles like "Insert Pin" instead of "Insert a Pin".
>> >>
>> >> If we can find some consensus, I will work on pcbnew and other gui too.
>> >>
>> >> thank you
>> >> Fabrizio
>> >> PS the accellerator for the kicad and eeschema user manual Ctrl-H does
>> >> not
>> >> seem to work for me (but it might be a linux thing)
>> >>
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