it sounds good. cheers Fabrizio
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 3:19 PM Jeff Young <j...@rokeby.ie> wrote: > Hi Fabrizio, > > I think we’re moving in both directions at once. Where there is only a > single context, I favour the generic icons (for instance, we’re moving to > using a generic save icon in contexts where that isn’t ambiguous). > However, where multiple contexts are visible at once (such as in LibEdit > where we had both Edit Symbol Fields and Place Text using the ’T’ icon), I > favour making them specific. > > Cheers, > Jeff. > > > On 25 Jul 2018, at 14:05, Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tapp...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Guys, > I just wold like to remind you that if you decide to personalize kicad > icons, kicad will end up with a lot of icons to maintain. > > Currently kicad is using really a lot of icons and few years ago we > tried to simplified them so that icons could be reused. This is useful > when you try to give consistancy to the overall looks of KiCad GUI. > > What you guys are doing is maybe going back to what was kicad few > years ago. I am not saying that this is a bad thing, mine is just a > very generic comment and might not even apply to these icons in > particular. I just would like to give you guys a larger overview of > the icon situation. > > The "property" option is (often) defined with a cog wheel. It is not > unusual for open source projects to quickly develop 25 property icons > made with a smaller cog wheel overlaid an other icon. How, this visual > technique might not be the best option. Overlay tiny images to convey > specific meaning might not lead to a present use of the GUI. > > Also, I will not enter into tiny image pixel alignment problem because > we did it so many time in the last 5 years here but instead I would > love to propose to begin talking about the use of vector format icons > and possible the use of script to combine icons. > > Just my 2c > > Cheers > Fabrizio > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:45 PM John Beard <john.j.be...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Jeff, > > Sure thing! Here they are. > > I have modified part_properties (patch 1) and create field_properties > and used in the menu and toolbar (patch 2). > > Attached are the PNGs for reference. > > Cheers, > > John > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 8:35 PM, Jeff Young <j...@rokeby.ie> wrote: > > Hi John, > > When you get a chance could you also edit the part_properties_xpm icon to > be the op-amp with a gear over it? > > Oh, and a new icon with the op-amp with a little ’T’ in the bottom right > corner would be great. > > (Both are for the symbol editor. They’re currently just a generic gear > and a generic ’T’.) > > Thanks, > Jeff. > > > On 24 Jul 2018, at 16:56, Jeff Young <j...@rokeby.ie> wrote: > > I’ve merged your icon, John. Thanks for your contribution! > > On 24 Jul 2018, at 12:35, John Beard <john.j.be...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Here is a new icon for the board setup toolbar and menu item. The > generic gear icon is no clear, as it looks like "Preferences" rather > than board setup. > > PNG included for reference only. > > Cheers, > > John > > <0001-Pcbnew-add-new-icon-for-board-setup.patch><options_board.png>_______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > >
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