Hi, > Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 16:39:01 +0100 > From: Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> > To: qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: [Qgis-developer] New Plugin - Edit Any Layer > Message-ID: > <cak4yqtm9zxsyka8mveh+khhnfrs0zrcosc9ozszbphyyqsg...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi All, > > It seemed a little bit odd to me that QGIS is able to open many file types > but you can only edit a couple of them. Being new to the world of GIS and > therefore not understanding any of its history, this seemed as odd as > photoshop being able to open but not edit jpeg files! > > In part of my work looking at adapting fTools / SEXTANTE to write to memory > layer / any ogr format, I have created a standalone plugin that converts > any vector layer to a memory layer (and therefore allows you to edit the > layer). This plugin is hosted at [1], if you like I will move it to a more > permanent location. > > Notes: > > * Filters for just vector layers (but could be further filtered to vector > layers that cannot be edited in their current format).
Please don't restrict it like that. It is useful to be able to make a memory layer copy of even a layer that is writeable. You might even consider renaming it to reflect that - "Copy as memory layer" perhaps? What would be useful is an option to only copy the selected features. And it should work even with no selected features - this would provide a quick way to create an empty memory layer with the same attribute columns. > * No progress bar at the moment (at 1000's of features the plugin can take > a little while so will add a progress bar at a later date). > > [1] http://ubuntuone.com/3Zl1ojo3ZMUJxMqj2kcZaX > > Regards, > Rob Nice plugin - good work! Alister _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer