Translation of Clockwise and Counterclockwise are long texts in many languages:
Uhrzeigersinn and Gegenuhrzeigersinn in german for example.
If the icon depicts (dynamically) the sense of rotation, the text can be short as "Rotate" - which is short in many languages.
Just an idea?
Jörg Hermann
Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Juli 2017 um 17:31 Uhr
Von: "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambau...@gmail.com>
An: kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net
Betreff: Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] simplied right click menu icons
Von: "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambau...@gmail.com>
An: kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net
Betreff: Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] simplied right click menu icons
On 7/18/2017 11:00 AM, jp charras wrote:
> Le 18/07/2017 à 16:31, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>> I'm fine with the icon improvements. The rotate menu entry string
>> changes are technically incorrect. The rotation angle is user
>> configurable and may not always be 90 degrees so "Rotate 90 deg CW" is
>> not always going to be correct. That is why there is no rotation angle
>> in the current string. I would rather the string be "Rotate Clockwise"
>> or create the appropriate string at run time using the current user
>> rotation setting to "Rotate 45.0 deg Clockwise". Also, "CW" may not be
>> understood as clockwise or easily translatable in all languages. I
>> guess we cannot use the degrees character '°' due to font issues. It
>> would be nice to use the symbol rather than spell it out so the menu
>> string doesn't get too long.
>
> I confirm:
> * CW and CCW and not really translatable. (the best way is to have 2 different icons)
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> Le 18/07/2017 à 16:31, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>> I'm fine with the icon improvements. The rotate menu entry string
>> changes are technically incorrect. The rotation angle is user
>> configurable and may not always be 90 degrees so "Rotate 90 deg CW" is
>> not always going to be correct. That is why there is no rotation angle
>> in the current string. I would rather the string be "Rotate Clockwise"
>> or create the appropriate string at run time using the current user
>> rotation setting to "Rotate 45.0 deg Clockwise". Also, "CW" may not be
>> understood as clockwise or easily translatable in all languages. I
>> guess we cannot use the degrees character '°' due to font issues. It
>> would be nice to use the symbol rather than spell it out so the menu
>> string doesn't get too long.
>
> I confirm:
> * CW and CCW and not really translatable. (the best way is to have 2 different icons)
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