[QGIS Commit] r9427 - docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide
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Fri Oct 3 07:39:49 EDT 2008
Author: macho
Date: 2008-10-03 07:39:48 -0400 (Fri, 03 Oct 2008)
New Revision: 9427
Modified:
docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/core_plugins.tex
docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/plugins.tex
docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/plugins_decorations.tex
Log:
first part of plugins update
Modified: docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/core_plugins.tex
===================================================================
--- docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/core_plugins.tex 2008-10-02 15:43:21 UTC (rev 9426)
+++ docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/core_plugins.tex 2008-10-03 11:39:48 UTC (rev 9427)
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@
% comment out the following line:
\updatedisclaimer
-QGIS currently contains 11 core plugins that can be loaded using the Plugin
-Manager. Table \ref{tab:core_plugins} lists each of the core plugins along
-with a description of their purpose and the toolbar-icon.
-Note the GRASS plugin is not included below because it installs its own
-toolbar (see section \ref{sec:grass} for a discussion of available features
-in the GRASS plugin).
+QGIS currently contains 16 core plugins that can be loaded using the Plugin Manager.
+Table \ref{tab:core_plugins} lists each of the core plugins along with a description of their purpose and the toolbar-icon.
+Note the GRASS plugin is not included below because it installs its own toolbar (see section \ref{sec:grass} for a discussion of available features in the GRASS plugin).
% minipage is needed to appear the footnote under the table
% SH
@@ -19,54 +16,53 @@
\caption{QGIS Core Plugins}\label{tab:core_plugins}\medskip
\small
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|p{4in}|}
-\hline \textbf{Icon} & \textbf{Plugin} & \textbf{Description} \\
+\hline \textbf{Icon} & \textbf{Plugin} & \textbf{Description}\\
\hline
+\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{delimited_text}
+ & Add Delimited Text Layer \index{plugins!delimited text} & Loads and displays delimited text files containing x,y coordinates\\
+\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{coordinate_capture}
& Coordinate Capture \index{plugins!coordinate capture}& Capture mouse coordinate in different CRS\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{copyright_label}
- & Copyright Label \index{plugins!copyright}& Display a copyright label on the map canvas\\
+ & Copyright Label \index{plugins!copyright}& Draws a copyright label with information\\
\hline
-\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{delimited_text}
- & Delimited Text \index{plugins!delimited text}& Load a delimited text file
-containing x,y coordinates as a point layer \\
-\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{dxf2shp_converter}
- & DXF2Shape Converter \index{plugins!DXF2Shape}& Converts from DXF to SHP file format \\
+ & DXF2Shape Converter \index{plugins!DXF2Shape}& Converts from DXF to SHP file format\\
\hline
-\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{georeferencer}
- & Georeferencer \index{plugin!georeferencer} & Georeferencing rasterlayers \\
-\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{gps_importer}
- & GPS Tools \index{plugins!gps}& Load and display GPS data \\
+ & GPS Tools \index{plugins!gps}& Tools for loading and importing GPS data\\
\hline
+\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{grass}
+ & GRASS \index{plugin!grass toolbox} & Activates the mighty GRASS Toolbox\\
+\hline
+\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{georeferencer}
+ & Georeferencer \index{plugin!georeferencer} & Adding projection info to Rasterfiles\\
+\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{grid_maker}
& Graticule Creator \index{plugins!graticule}& Create a latitude/longitude grid and save as a shapefile\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{interpolation}
-& Interpolation \index{plugins!Interpolation}& Interpolation on base of vertices of a vector layer\\
+& Interpolation plugin \index{plugins!Interpolation}& Interpolation on base of vertices of a vector layer\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{mapserver_export}
& MapServer Export Plugin \index{plugins!MapServer Export}& Export a saved QGIS project file to a MapServer map file \\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{north_arrow}
-& North Arrow \index{plugins!north arrow}& Add a north arrow to the map canvas\\
+& North Arrow \index{plugins!north arrow}& Displays a north arrow overlayed onto the map\\
\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{ogr_converter}
- & OGR Converter \index{plugins!OGR converter}& Translate vector between formats supported by OGR \\
+ & OGR Layer Converter \index{plugins!OGR converter} & Translate vector layers between formats supported by OGR-Library\\
\hline
+\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{plugin_installer}
+ & Plugin Installer \index{plugins!Plugin Installer} & Downloads and installs QGIS python plugins\\
+\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{icon_buffer}
- & PostgreSQL Geoprocessing \index{plugins!geoprocessing}& Buffer a PostGIS layer \\
+ & SPIT \index{plugins!spit}& Shapefile to PostgreSQL/PostGIS Import Tool \\
\hline
-\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{quick_print}
- & Quick Print \index{plugins!quickprint}& Quickly print a map \\
-\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{scale_bar}
- & Scalebar \index{plugins!scalebar}& Add a scalebar to the map canvas\\
+ & Scalebar \index{plugins!scalebar}& Draws a scale bar\\
\hline
-\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{spiticon}
- & SPIT \index{plugins!spit}& Shapefile to PostGIS Import Tool - import shapefiles into PostgreSQL\\
-\hline
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{mIconAddWfsLayer}
& WFS & Load and display WFS layer \\
\hline
@@ -77,10 +73,6 @@
\normalsize
-\begin{Tip}\caption{\textsc{Plugins Settings Saved to Project}}\index{plugins
-settings}
-\qgistip{When you save a .qgs project, any changes you have made to NorthArrow, ScaleBar and Copyright plugins will be saved in the project and restored next time you load the project.
-}
-\end{Tip}
-
-
+\begin{Tip}\caption{\textsc{Plugins Settings Saved to Project}}\index{plugins settings}
+\qgistip{When you save a .qgs project, any changes you have made to NorthArrow, ScaleBar and Copyright plugins will be saved in the project and restored next time you load the project.}
+\end{Tip}
\ No newline at end of file
Modified: docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/plugins.tex
===================================================================
--- docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/plugins.tex 2008-10-02 15:43:21 UTC (rev 9426)
+++ docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/plugins.tex 2008-10-03 11:39:48 UTC (rev 9427)
@@ -4,32 +4,27 @@
% comment out the following line:
\updatedisclaimer
-QGIS has been designed with a plugin architecture. This allows new
-features/functions to be added to the application. Many of the features in
-QGIS are actually implemented as \textbf{core} or \textbf{external}
-plugins.\index{plugins!types}
+QGIS has been designed with a plugin architecture.
+This allows new features/functions to be easily added to the application.
+Many of the features in QGIS are actually implemented as \textbf{core} or \textbf{external} plugins.\index{plugins!types}
\begin{itemize}
-\item \textbf{Core Plugins} are maintained by the QGIS Development Team and
-are automatically part of every QGIS distribution. More information about core
-plugins are provided in Section \ref{sec:core_plugins}.
-\item \textbf{External Plugins} are currently all written in Python. They
-are stored in external svn repositories and maintained by the individual
-author. They can be added to QGIS using the core plugin called
-\filename{Plugin installer} More information about external plugins are
-provided in Section \ref{sec:external_plugins}.
+\item \textbf{Core Plugins} are maintained by the QGIS Development Team and are automatically part of every QGIS distribution.
+More information about core plugins are provided in Section \ref{sec:core_plugins}.
+\item \textbf{External Plugins} are currently all written in Python.
+They are stored in external svn repositories and maintained by the individual author.
+They can be added to QGIS using the core plugin called \filename{Fetch Python Plugins...}.
+More information about external plugins are provided in Section \ref{sec:external_plugins}.
\end{itemize}
-\subsection{Managing Plugins}\label{sec:managing_plugins}
+\subsection{Managing Plugins}\label{sec:managing_plugins}
\index{plugins!managing}
-Managing plugins in general means loading or unloading them using the
-\filename{Plugin Manager} and the \filename{Plugin installer} plugin.
+Managing plugins in general means loading or unloading them using the \filename{Plugin Manager} and the \filename{Plugin installer} plugin.
\subsubsection{Loading a QGIS Core Plugin}\label{sec:load_core_plugin}
-Loading a QGIS Core Plugin is provided in the main menu \mainmenuopt{Plugins} >
-\dropmenuopttwo{plugin_installer}{Manage Plugins...}.\index{plugins!manager}
+Loading a QGIS Core Plugin is provided in the main menu \mainmenuopt{Plugins} > \dropmenuopttwo{plugin_installer}{Manage Plugins...}.\index{plugins!manager}
\begin{figure}[ht]
\begin{center}
@@ -38,45 +33,33 @@
\end{center}
\end{figure}
-The Plugin Manager lists all the available plugins and their status (loaded or
-unloaded). All avialable means all core plugins and all external plugins you
-added using \filename{Plugin Installer} plugin (see Section
-\ref{sec:external_plugins}). Figure \ref{fig:pluginmanager} shows the Plugin
-Manager dialog. Loaded plugins are "remembered" when you exit the application
-and restored the next time you run QGIS.
+The Plugin Manager lists all the available plugins and their status (loaded or unloaded).
+All available means all core plugins and all external plugins you added using \filename{Plugin Installer} plugin (see Section \ref{sec:external_plugins}).
+Figure \ref{fig:pluginmanager} shows the Plugin Manager dialog.
+Loaded plugins are "remembered" when you exit the application and restored the next time you run QGIS.
-Typically all QGIS core plugins are installed in the same location on your
-computer. This location is shown in the Plugin Directory text field.
-You can tell QGIS to load plugins from another location by specifying a
-different directory.
+Typically all QGIS core plugins are installed in the same location on your computer.
+This location is shown in the Plugin Directory text field.
+You can tell QGIS to load plugins from another location by specifying a different directory.
\begin{Tip}\caption{\textsc{Crashing Plugins}}\index{crashes}
\qgistip{If you find that QGIS crashes on startup, a plugin may be at fault.
-You can stop all plugins from loading by editing your stored settings file (see
-\ref{subsec:gui_options} for location).
-Locate the plugins settings and change all the plugin values to false to prevent
-them from loading.
-\nix {For example, to prevent the Delimited text plugin from loading, the entry
-in \$HOME/.config/QuantumGIS/qgis.conf on Linux
-should look like this:\usertext{Add Delimited Text Layer=false}.}
+You can stop all plugins from loading by editing your stored settings file (see \ref{subsec:gui_options} for location).
+Locate the plugins settings and change all the plugin values to false to prevent them from loading.
+\nix {For example, to prevent the Delimited text plugin from loading, the entry in \$HOME/.config/QuantumGIS/qgis.conf on Linux should look like this:\usertext{Add Delimited Text Layer=false}.}
\normalfont
Do this for each plugin in the [Plugins] section.
-You can then start QGIS and add the plugins one at a time from the Plugin Manger
-to determine which is causing the problem.
-}
+You can then start QGIS and add the plugins one at a time from the Plugin Manger to determine which is causing the problem.}
\end{Tip}
\subsubsection{Loading an external QGIS Plugin}\label{sec:load_external_plugin}
-To be able to integrate external plugins into QGIS you first need to load the
-\filename{Plugin Installer} plugin as desribed in Section
-\ref{sec:load_core_plugin}. Then you can load external QGIS python plugin
-in two steps:
+To be able to integrate external plugins into QGIS you first need to load the \filename{Plugin Installer} plugin as desribed in Section \ref{sec:load_core_plugin}.
+Then you can load external QGIS python plugin in two steps:
\begin{enumerate}
-\item Download an external plugin from a repository using the
-\filename{Plugin Installer}. The new external plugin will be integrated into
-the list of available plugins in the \filename{Plugin Manager}.
+\item Download an external plugin from a repository using the \filename{Plugin Installer}.
+The new external plugin will be integrated into the list of available plugins in the \filename{Plugin Manager}.
\item Load the plugin using the \filename{Plugin Manager}.
\end{enumerate}
@@ -91,11 +74,8 @@
\subsection{Data Providers}\index{data providers}
Data Providers are "special" plugins that provides access to a data store.
-By default, QGIS supports PostGIS layers and disk-based data stores supported by
-the GDAL/OGR library (Appendix \ref{appdx_ogr}).
+By default, QGIS supports PostGIS layers and disk-based data stores supported by the GDAL/OGR library (Appendix \ref{appdx_ogr}).
A Data Provider plugin extends the ability of QGIS to use other data sources.
Data Provider plugins are registered automatically by QGIS at startup.
-They are not managed by the Plugin Manager but are used behind the scenes when a
-corresponding data type is added as a layer in QGIS.
-
+They are not managed by the Plugin Manager but are used behind the scenes when a corresponding data type is added as a layer in QGIS.
\ No newline at end of file
Modified: docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/plugins_decorations.tex
===================================================================
--- docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/plugins_decorations.tex 2008-10-02 15:43:21 UTC (rev 9426)
+++ docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/plugins_decorations.tex 2008-10-03 11:39:48 UTC (rev 9427)
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
% comment out the following line:
\updatedisclaimer
-The ``Decoration'' plugins include the following:
+The Decorations Plugins includes the following:
\begin{itemize}
\item Copyright Label Plugin
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