I don't see any patches attached. 2017-05-30 14:54 GMT+02:00 Fabrizio Tappero <[email protected]>: > Hello Wayne, > In attachment you can find a good review of approx 30 icons and a global > simplification of approx 30 icons. > I have also corrected some menu labels. > > Since there is a lot of corrected text that is very much related to > English, it would be great if you could review it before submitting it. A > not so fun work but I think it will make kicad a much better tool. > > I think it would be recommendable to avoid "a" and "the" in button and menu > tooltips. So that it way easier to understand what the button or tooltip is > about. The use of singular plural is also inconsistent and I tried to fix > it. Please Wayne feel free to make any changes you think is important. > > I have also notices that several menus are a little inconstant. I will try > work on it since I think the current kicad UI is very usable but it needs > to be more consistent. > > I have tried to fixed a lot of icons so that their meaning is more > immediate to understand. I have as well started a process of simplification > of many redundant icons. I think it is important that we begin simplifing > the kicad icon set because at the moment is really too large. > > Here below a detailed description of the changes. > > Cheers > Fabrizio > > > ### Deleted the following icons(deleted: svg, cpp and png): > edit_component > edit_part > move_text > rotate_field > rotate_glabel > rotate_module_cw > rotate_module_ccw > rotate_pin > rotatehlabel > many_good_icons > dismiss > move_track > move_track_segment > library2 > copy_button > copyblock > edit_sheet > icon_text > pagelayout_new > sch_new > rescue_pcbnew > schematic > pagelayout_load_default > gerbview_open_recent_ziparchive_files > gerbview_open_recent_drill_files > gerber_recent_files > pagelayout_recent > revert_pcbnew > > ### Lightly modified icons: > bom > autoplace_fields > flip_board > duplicate_module > delete > new_sch > new_pcb > new_component > general_deletions > reload > pagelayout_load > add_line > add_entry > add_tracks > add_tracks_and_vias > about > array_module > image > noconn > add_dashed_line.svg > add_bus.svg > scheamatic > resize_sheet > eeschema > netlist > pagelayout_load_default > datasheet > svg_file > pagelayout_normal_view_mode > pagelayout_special_view_mode > unknow > export > import > pcb_update > pcbnew > editor > edit > directory > browse_files > icon_gerbview_small > post_drill > > > > ### created few new icons that replace few icons used inproperly (created > svg, cpp, png): > exchange > icon > drag > rescue > path > copy > new_generic > recent > pcbcalculator > > ### Corrected some label content. It is important here to be rigorus about > it. Inkscape could > be a good tool that can be used as reference: > eescheam rightclick menu > cvpcb rightclick menu > pcbnew rightclick menu > libedit rightclick menu > icon tooltips > gerber and drill file menu > main kicad hotkey icon menu > fixes several tooltip phrases like "Opens a new schematic" into "Open new > schematic sheet" > few more menues and sub menus here and there (see git log for details). > > Beside makes many icons more effective, this massive patch is trying to > rise the quality of the kicad UI. Few examples are: > write all words in a menu with capital letter. Tooltip sentence should > start with capital letter. > do not end a menu item is with a dot "." > do not use "the" or "a" when possible for both tooltip and menu item > use consistent and meaninguful text. "Set Language" is better than > "Language". > "Set grid origin" is better than "Set origin point for the grid" > limit use of "..." (this is a debatable issue) > etc. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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