Hi all, this was originally ported into QGIS by Martin Dobias, I guess he's the only one who could know. Cheers.
On 26/07/19 06:31, Phil Wyatt wrote: > Hi Nyall, > > Took me a while but I found this, that may provide some enlightenment ...... > > http://pal.heig-vd.ch/index.php?page=support > > Having said that I will bow to your superior knowledge and let you do > whatever you want - I am but a humble user in awe of your coding abilities! > :-) :-) > > Cheers - Phil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Nyall > Dawson > Sent: Friday, 26 July 2019 12:40 PM > To: qgis-developer; qgis-user > Subject: [Qgis-user] Dropping the extra label placement algorithms? > > Hey lists > > This was first discussed back in 2016 (see > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Removal-of-labeling-search-methods-td5262743.html), > but would anyone object if the different labeling solution algorithms > eg "chain" / "pop music" / "falp" / etc were dropped, and we just > leave the existing default (chain)? > > I don't think ANYONE knows what these mean, and it's a heck of a lot > of code (which needs fixes) to cart around for no compelling reason > that I can see. > > I have no particular preference to any of the methods, so would > happily accept a different default if anyone out there can point to > which method is best! > > Googling pop music / tabu / chain only gives a handful of results > relating to QGIS labeling engine. And googling for "falp" sounds like > something that would get you flagged on your company's firewall. > > Does ANYONE understand or change this setting? Or would object to its > complete removal? > > Nyall > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > -- Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu QGIS.ORG Chair: http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/ _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user