Comment 4 for bug 1778168

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

(That’s the 6.0 dialog work that’s currently slated to move to 5.1.)

> On 22 Jun 2018, at 09:12, Jeff Young <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> 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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>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778168
>>
>> 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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