Re: [Kicad-developers] Default paper size and locale

2016-10-12 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 02:36:09PM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > I'm OK with changing this to the current locale. It has to default to > something when the object is created. A PAGE_INFO object ctor could be > created to do this. There is a couple of problems with that. Mostly that paper sizes

Re: [Kicad-developers] Default paper size and locale

2016-10-11 Thread Bob Gustafson
On my Macbook Air, the page size default seems to come from SystemPreferences->Printers & Scanners->Default paper size (menu list including A4 and US letter - at the bottom of panel) When I come back from Europe, it usually takes me awhile to remember to change this. It does not set itself.

Re: [Kicad-developers] Default paper size and locale

2016-10-11 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 10/11/2016 2:09 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > Hi, > > At least on Linux, and probably on other platforms, the system locale > specifies the standard local paper size. Can anybody explain to me, > then, why sch_screen.cpp:98 hard codes this to A4? KiCad is a localized > application, surely the deve

Re: [Kicad-developers] Default paper size and locale

2016-10-11 Thread Mark Roszko
Fyi. To confirm your statement, Windows chooses default paper based on locale too. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More hel

[Kicad-developers] Default paper size and locale

2016-10-11 Thread Chris Pavlina
Hi, At least on Linux, and probably on other platforms, the system locale specifies the standard local paper size. Can anybody explain to me, then, why sch_screen.cpp:98 hard codes this to A4? KiCad is a localized application, surely the developer who daydreamed of the entire world using A4 by def