On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:41:53 -0700 Andrew Poelstra <as...@sfu.ca> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 02:22:25AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > > > > I have implemented the italicized/separated > > > suggestion. You can see it here: > > > > > > http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup4.png > > > > Nice. > > I note, that the longest layer name is "solder mask". Why not > > shorten it to "mask" to save screen estate for the canvas? > > > > I'd be cool with this, but "solder mask" is a well-known phrase > in the industry. It has a definition on Google and a Wikipedia > page. > > "mask" has nowhere near the same information content. IMHO, it > is not worth the space savings. Maybe "s.mask" would be better? Perhaps it would be best to make the displayed name of the solder mask layer a user preference. Also, it would be nice to give the user control over the layer name font size: then a user could choose a small font. My general system font is too big for use in pcb, where I really want maximum screen real estate available for the board. I found the lesstif GUI uses more reasonable (i.e., smaller) font sizes on my Ubuntu system. Regards, Colin _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user