Hello, Could this be a run-time config option (Preference setting) instead of a build option? That way we would please everyone.
I know that OS X usually does not have those, but I like icons in menu, and I will live without it. Just looking at the manual, I was surprised no to have them, so I thought that it could have been an oversight. My $0.02, Jean-Paul AC9GH On Jun 7, 2014, at 7:11 AM, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > I am no an OSX user, but I know that OSX generally don't use these > menu icons. It is also described in [1], see the section "Using Icons > in Menus". > > I have also seen in Gnome 3 that it has been removed. I cann't see the > menus in my Gnome setup, even though I try to enable it via gconf. > > I don't like this, I like the icons in the menu, they make it easier > to find the wanted menu entry by looking at these small pictograms. > IMO this is a matter of fact that some designers don't actually use > their computer. > > [1] > https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/applehiguidelines/Menus/Menus.html > > 2014-06-07 10:15 GMT+02:00 jp charras <[email protected]>: >> Le 07/06/2014 07:00, Jean-Paul Louis a écrit : >>> I did not pay attention to it until I reread the KiCad Manual tonight. >>> Here is the capture of the kicad menu on my Mac (OS X 10.9.3) >>> >>> >>> Here is the copy of the Manual. We can see that the Mac is missing the >>> Icons. I do not know if this is normal, or something that needs to be >>> sorted out by the KiCad OS X gurus. >>> >>> >>> Jean-Paul >>> AC9GH >> >> This is optional. >> >> You can run cmake with option -DUSE_IMAGES_IN_MENUS=ON >> >> the default is OFF for OSX and ON for other systems (due to some OS X >> guru but not KiCad guru) >> >> I do not know if this is a bad or good option (I am not an OSX user). >> OSX users could give their opinion about this option. >> >> (see CMakeLists.txt, line 276) >> >> >> -- >> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
