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Jeff Young (jeyjey) wrote : Re: [Bug 1778168] [NEW] Replace obscure english use of "edition"

I believe all these are already fixed in my 6.0 dialog work.

Cheers,
Jeff.

> On 22 Jun 2018, at 08:23, Wayne Stambaugh <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> "Edition" is not correct in this context and should be changed. I've
> been changing them when I find them. "Edition" is defined as the
> version in which a text is published[1]. It does not have anything to
> do with editing. If you find any more uses of the term "edition", make
> a note so we can fix them in 5.1.
>
> [1]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edition
>
> On 06/21/2018 11:01 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
>> Public bug reported:
>>
>> There was a discussion recently about what KiCad meant by the tooltip
>> "useful after a manual pad netname edition". I assumed initially that
>> this was a misspelling of "addition". However, in grepping through the
>> source code, we use this term in a number of places to mean "edit".
>>
>> A few places:
>> dialog_global_edit_tracks_and_vias_base.fbp: "Global Edition of Tracks and Vias"
>> tool_footprint_editor.cpp: "Undo last edition"
>>
>> ** Affects: kicad
>> Importance: Low
>> Status: New
>>
>
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> Title:
> Replace obscure english use of "edition"
>
> Status in KiCad:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> There was a discussion recently about what KiCad meant by the tooltip
> "useful after a manual pad netname edition". I assumed initially that
> this was a misspelling of "addition". However, in grepping through
> the source code, we use this term in a number of places to mean
> "edit".
>
> A few places:
> dialog_global_edit_tracks_and_vias_base.fbp: "Global Edition of Tracks and Vias"
> tool_footprint_editor.cpp: "Undo last edition"
>
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