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From: Peter TB Brett <peter AT peter-b DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] New icons for gschem
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:36:32 +0100
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Stefan Salewski writes:

> On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 08:54 +0100, Peter TB Brett wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>=20
>> I was working on some things involving the relationship between gschem
>> editing actions and their icons.
>
> Fine -- indeed a nicer icon set is very important for some people...
> And similar looking icons for the various gEDA tools including PCB,
> gerbv and others may symbolize that the tools belong together and may
> indeed improve usability.

Well, it may take some time until I get to PCB, let alone gerbv -- one
thing at a time!

> Long time ago I suggested using and adapting the inkscape icons -- they
> look fine, and gives us the basic idea about appearance.
>
> Of course GTK3 would be another visual improvement and would show that
> people are still working on the project. Indeed I can remember postings
> from people who had worked on GTK3 transition, one was about gerbv
> recently, one about gschem contributed by a lady long btime ago...

Transitioning to GTK+ 3.x will be a huge hassle.  It really is quite
hostile to multi-key keybindings, for example...

Peter


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Dr Peter Brett <peter AT peter-b DOT co DOT uk>

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