[Qgis-developer] Map vs. Line line labelling orientation

[Martin Dobias]

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 01:01:26PM -0300, Martin Dobias wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net> wrote:
>> > On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 12:45:33PM -0300, Martin Dobias wrote:
>> >
>> >> the intended semantics is as follows:
>> >> - with the "map" orientation the "above line" and others should work
>> >> as one would expect: the label should appear above the line
>> >
>> > What would you expect when the line is a vertical line ?
>>
>> I would expect that with "above line" placement a line going up gets
>> the label on the left side. Contrary, a line going down should have
>> the label on the right side.
>
> Wouldn't this be against the concept of being line-orientation-agnostic ?

Well, yes it would be. Anyway since this is an undefined situation it
is upon us to define it as we feel it makes sense. I have no strong
opinion about how that should work - earlier I have only described my
expectation.

Martin