[Qgis-developer] Bringing diagrams into labeling-ng

[Andreas Neumann]

 In case the labels are stored in the project file - would there be a 
 convenient option to export/import the labels to use them in other 
 projects as well?

 Would the labels be stored in the project coordinate system or in some 
 paper coordinate system? I'd prefer the former.

 Andreas

 On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:50:32 +0100, Andreas Neumann wrote:
>> I share Tim's opinion opinion that in future it would be good to 
>> allow
>> to save the placement in project file (or maybe an independent 
>> file).
>> While keeping the placement information in layer attributes might be
>> convenient for some (as commented in follow up mail from Andreas), 
>> it
>> has some difficulties, too:
>> - if a layer is used in various independent projects, the labeling
>> requirements might be different for each of them
>> - it's not very user friendly if the users need to manually add new
>> attributes to the layer, assign them to labeling and learn what 
>> values
>> to put there
>> - the approach using attributes is not that flexible: things like
>> curved labels or any custom labeling properties would be rather hard
>> to represent in layer's attributes
>
> You are right - there are arguments for both storage options.
>
> Andreas
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