I see your point, Agustin —
but I think the best place to clarify potential user confusion is documentation and a few other frequently read places: INSTALL, README, and somewhere in Plugin Manager. Mikhail. >>> On 8/7/08 at 2:06 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Agustin Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks again. > > The following suggestion might seem just a minor question of > nomenclature and apologize if you find it an unnecessary complication, > but I think it's important for the user not to be confused: > > "Within QGis documentation, the term plugin should be restricted to > python plugins. We should > find a different term for C++ plugins" > > I understand this can be odd and unnecessary for developers, but from > the operational point of view of a user, a plugin is something you > install using the plugin installer. C++ plugins (i.e., eVIS) require > a different procedure, we should refer to them with a different > term and activate/desactivate them using a different tab in the menu. May be > we could call C++ plugins "extensions"? Perhaps there are better terms, but > making the distinction is important. Another option is calling both of them > "extensions" and then "python plugins" and "C++ plugins". We would have > a "Python Plugin Installer" and an "Extensions Manager" (where we can > activate/desactivate both types, as currently done). > > Agus > > > Tim Sutton wrote: > > Hi > > > > > > > > 2008/8/6 Agustin Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Thanks, this is even more than I was asking for, as the user > >> can copy the coordinates to the clipboard, which is very useful as well. > > > > Good. I combined several other folks requests and trac enhancment > > requests into it. I'm making a few more tweaks to it still. > > > >> If this is in svn trunk I understand that this feature will > >> be in the core of QGIS, not a plugin. If it's a plugin, should not be > >> installed through the plugin manager? > > > > Its like this: > > > > - there are two kinds of plugins C++ and Python > > - there are two ways to distribute plugins - as part of the core QGIS > > (will be in each type binary release we make - win/mac/linux /etc), or > > downloaded via the python plugin installer. > > > > The coordinate capture plugin is a C++ plugin which will be > > distributed with core QGIS code. You will need to enable it from the > > plugin manager, but there is no need to install it through the plugin > > installer since it will come preinstalled when you get QGIS 1.0. If > > you are building from source using SVN trunk, simply open the plugin > > manager and tick the Coordinate Capture entry in the plugins list. > > Hope that explanation wasnt too confusing... > > > > Regards > > > > Tim > > > > > >> Agus > >> > >> Tim Sutton wrote: > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> I wrote a little plugin that lets you click on the map and copy the > >>> coordinates to the clipboard. If you are using on the fly projection > >>> it will display coordinates both in lat/lon and in the map canvas > >>> projection. > >>> > >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/timlinux/2738766800/ > >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/timlinux/2738766796/ > >>> > >>> Probably doesnt address all the needs expressed in this thread but > >>> hopefully it will take you some way there. Plugin is in SVN trunk and > >>> will be in QGIS 1.0.0 > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> > >>> Tim _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user