Andreas, Thanks for you explenation. I added some of your description in the documentation.
Y. On Friday, June 24, 2016 11:15:45 Neumann, Andreas wrote: > Hi Yves, > > This has mainly "historic" reasons. > > It was introduced specifically when saving QGIS layers to DXF through > OGR. I believe also the KML export is affected to some extent. > > Our first attempt to export QGIS layer to DXF went through OGR with OGR > feature - however, this was too limited, and it was abandoned. > > "No symbology" means, simple black default lines > > "Feature symbology" means "Save with OGR Feature Styles" > > "Symbol Layer symbology" means "Save with OGR Feature Styles but export > the same geometry multiple times if there are multiple symbology symbol > layers used" > > Meanwhile the DXF export from QGIS goes through a native DXF writer - > without OGR, so the above approach was abandoned and hasn't been worked > on for some years now. > > ------------------------- > > I hope this explains what it does, but as I said it is limited for > export to DXF/KML or potentially formats that support OGR feature styles > - formats that can handle styles. > > For QGIS 3.0 I see the following ways to get rid of this: > > 1. keep it but improve it (unlikely) > > 2. hide it for layers that don't support OGR feature styles (can be > combined with 1.) > > 3. get rid of it completely (my preferred option if 1. does not happen) > > BTW: 2. could probably be done for QGIS 2.16 and 2.14 already, to have > fewer confused users ... > > Hope this explains it. > > What do others think? > > Andreas > > On 2016-06-24 10:43, Yves Jacolin wrote > > > Hello, > > > > Working in the "save as ..." feature documentation I wondering what > > "Symbology export" parameters mean. There are 3 possibilities: "No > > symbology", "Feature symbology" and "Symbol layer symbology". > > > > Any idea what does it mean? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Y. > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer