Le 23/01/2018 à 16:55, Maciej Sumiński a écrit : > On 01/23/2018 04:35 PM, jp charras wrote: >> Le 23/01/2018 à 12:18, Maciej Sumiński a écrit : >>> I am trying to find a better description for pin edition coupling in the >>> symbol library editor (the rightmost button on the top toolbar). My >>> proposal is in the attached patch, but perhaps one of our native English >>> speakers can come up with a clearer description. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Orson >> >> Yes, this is a good proposal. >> >> Unfortunately, it is not yet perfect. >> >> For historical reasons, the tool that controls the multiunit pin edit mode >> enables this mode when it >> is disabled (not activated), and disable the multiunit pin edit mode when it >> is activated. >> (because a long time ago, multiunit parts with interchangeable units were >> 99% of symbols, and >> disabling this multiunit pin edit mode (activating the tool) was useful for >> only 1% of symbols ) >> >> For instance, the sentence is not clear: >> "Normally enabled for multiunit parts with interchangeable units." >> If "Normally enabled" is related to the pin edit mode, this is true, but the >> tool is not in >> activated state >> If "Normally enabled" is related to the tool, the sentence is wrong. >> >> Therefore it is really not easy to give a short and understandable >> explanation in a tooltip. >> (unless changing the tool action) > > Good point Jean-Pierre. I think the way forward is to rename the button > from "Disable synchronized pin edit mode" to "Synchronized pin edit > mode", so the button enabled will represent the active state. Removing > negations will make the description very clear. We can still keep it > enabled by default for multi-unit parts with interchangeable units. > > Regards, > Orson
For me, renaming the button (and slightly changing the icon look to avoid mistakes: the main issue between versions 4 and 5 and old docs) is the less bad way. (I don't know a good way) -- 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
