Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: Working on Symbology Improvement for the GSOC

2012-03-31 Thread arunthe...@gmail.com
I think I just had a "Eye-opener" moment. While I have been thinking about reducing the modal dialogs and decoupling things, I think somewhere along the line I forgot almost entirely about the usability. After reading the above feedback, I realize, Symbology suite will have to provide tools that wo

[Qgis-developer] Re:Qgis-developer Digest, Vol 77, Issue 106

2012-03-31 Thread ★如履薄冰★
to include, > > - Creating tree structure for managing the SVG symbols > - Creating a non-modal widget type editor to change symbols on the fly or > adding that capability to the Layers legend. > > > -- > Regards > Arunmozhi > Twitter: @tecoholic > Website: http://arunmozhi.in > IRC Nick: teco > &

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: Working on Symbology Improvement for the GSOC

2012-03-31 Thread Nathan Woodrow
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 6:08 AM, arunthe...@gmail.com wrote: > So the idea is to create such a decoupled designer, which is something > like a "Style Manager ++ (decoupled)". I am writing the possible solution > and a couple of ideas as a proposal which might contain some over sighted > goals. Kind

[Qgis-developer] QGIS 1.8 Feature Freeze now in effect

2012-03-31 Thread Tim Sutton
Hi All Rlease observe the feature freeze on the 1_8 branch which is now in effect. Next thing on our timeline is: * string freeze will take effect from 7 April 23h59 GMT2012 after which point only bug fixes will be accepted in the 1.8 branch. * I will put out the RC 8 April 23h59 GMT2012p, and w

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: Working on Symbology Improvement for the GSOC

2012-03-31 Thread arunthe...@gmail.com
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 2:11 AM, Anita Graser wrote: > > I don't know how other people approach this but I experiment a lot with > different renderers and symbols, tiny changes and how the affect. If I have > to change between layer properties and a separate symbol designer all the > time, I think

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: Working on Symbology Improvement for the GSOC

2012-03-31 Thread Tim Sutton
Hi On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 10:08 PM, arunthe...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > After working with the Symbology as a user for the past couple of days and > trying to accomplish various things, here is my idea of simplifying things: > > Decouple Style management and Style application (renderer) log

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: Working on Symbology Improvement for the GSOC

2012-03-31 Thread Alex Mandel
On 03/31/2012 01:41 PM, Anita Graser wrote: > On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 10:08 PM, arunthe...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> + Create a new symbol designer, that can be summoned up from Menu rather >> than from the properties >> > > I don't know how other people approach this but I experiment a lot with >

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: Working on Symbology Improvement for the GSOC

2012-03-31 Thread Andreas Neumann
Hi, I think improving the symbology system would be very rewarding and beneficial for many - but be sure to discuss the technical issues with Martin and Marco. They probably know the system best. Work on the SVG symbol repository and better management of the SVG symbols (categories, metadata (als

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: Working on Symbology Improvement for the GSOC

2012-03-31 Thread Anita Graser
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 10:08 PM, arunthe...@gmail.com wrote: > > + Create a new symbol designer, that can be summoned up from Menu rather > than from the properties > I don't know how other people approach this but I experiment a lot with different renderers and symbols, tiny changes and how the

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: Working on Symbology Improvement for the GSOC

2012-03-31 Thread arunthe...@gmail.com
> + The designer to perform following functions > - Create new symbols/styles > - Grouping and management of styles through a tree structure > - Create and manage virtual groups (or themes) that would pull symbols > from various groups and a combination of renders to create a overall >

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: Working on Symbology Improvement for the GSOC

2012-03-31 Thread arunthe...@gmail.com
Hello, After working with the Symbology as a user for the past couple of days and trying to accomplish various things, here is my idea of simplifying things: Decouple Style management and Style application (renderer) logic at the GUI level itself. First let us start where it all begins, simplifi

Re: [Qgis-developer] adding actions to my own toolbar

2012-03-31 Thread Tim Sutton
Hi On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Markus Honegger wrote: > Hi all > > > > I've just created my own toolbar and want to add some of QGIS default > commands (e.g. the FILE-OPEN command) to it. > > At the moment it looks like this:  toolbar.addAction(FILEOPEN)  - What is > the correct QAction stri

[Qgis-developer] adding actions to my own toolbar

2012-03-31 Thread Markus Honegger
Hi all I've just created my own toolbar and want to add some of QGIS default commands (e.g. the FILE-OPEN command) to it. At the moment it looks like this: toolbar.addAction(FILEOPEN) - What is the correct QAction string? Can anybody help me with the code? Looking for something like a list

Re: [Qgis-developer] Feature freeze for 1.8 - 31 March 23h59 GMT 2012

2012-03-31 Thread Werner Macho
I am happy to do this if we can get a handle on which specific commits break api (or just add thin wrappers around api breakages if possible) - though I dont know how simple it will be to do that Regards Tim Sounds like work for a special task force at the hackfest .. :) It seems I should w

Re: [Qgis-developer] Feature freeze for 1.8 - 31 March 23h59 GMT 2012

2012-03-31 Thread Tim Sutton
Hi On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Nathan Woodrow wrote: > My major concern with the 1.8 release is getting all the non api breaking > features from master into the 1.8 branch and keeping track of which ones are > in there.  master is so fast moving that it's hard to keep track, especially > wh

Re: [Qgis-developer] Feature freeze for 1.8 - 31 March 23h59 GMT 2012

2012-03-31 Thread Nathan Woodrow
My major concern with the 1.8 release is getting all the non api breaking features from master into the 1.8 branch and keeping track of which ones are in there. master is so fast moving that it's hard to keep track, especially when the order of commits (and some of the ids) are different to the ma