[Qgis-user] Dropping the extra label placement algorithms?

[Tim Sutton]

From my side, I never ever change those options….I am sure there are few who do….

Regards

Tim

> On 26 Jul 2019, at 08:09, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
> 
> 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-bounces at 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
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