[Qgis-community-team] Release date for manual 1.1

[Otto Dassau]

Hi Claudia and Carson,

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:09:57 -0700
Claudia A Engel <cengel at stanford.edu> wrote:

> OK, this is what I have for Chap 5 now, based on the Manual Tasks and  
> discussion below. I have added a few comments and questions. I'd hate  
> to change too much around, also because there is not too much time for  
> this. Let me know what you think and if I missed anything.
> Otto, thanks for offering to help. I will have some time tomorrow for  
> this, then again over the weekend. I can let you know by tomorrow  
> night (PST) how things are going.

ok, good, I will also have some time over the weekend, just let me know.

> - New vector load dialogue (add to 5.1 and 5.2)

good

> - Support of SpatialLite (new section after 5.2 and move the following  
> chapters up one number?)

yes, something like \subsection{SpatialLite Layers} just before 5.3 'The vector
properties dialog' seems to be a good place.

> - Vector diagram overlay  (add new subsection 5.3.7 "Diagram Tab" to  
> Vector Properties section)

yes. 

> This feature needs to be activated under the plugins before it shows  
> up in the vector layer properties, so does it need to be mentioned in  
> the plugin chapter?

I saw that Carson already did something here.

Carson what was your idea when you created the "plugins_diagram_overlay_images"
folder? Do you plan to add an extra subsection for this plugin in the plugin
chapter? 

Or should it work as for the SPIT Plugin. It is listed in section 12 "Using Core
Plugins" but there doesn't exist a SPIT plugin subsection. The description can
be found in section 5.2.4 together with the PostGIS stuff. 

For the diagram_overlay plugin this would mean, we add it to the list of core
plugins but the description would go into working_with_vector.tex and we use the
folder diagram_overlay plugin_images/ for the plugin icons and screenies. Is
that correct?

> - Hide/show vector layer editing tool (minor edit)

yes

> - Changes in attribute table
> I could not find any description of the attribute table in the manual,  
> but maybe I looked in the wrong place. If there is none, is it  
> necessary to have one? Add another subsection?

yes, I haven't found anything, too. In the other email I suggested to add a new
subsubsection to 5.4 Editing \subsection{Working with the attribute table} just
above the Query Builder?

> - Improved handling of postGIS layers.
> I did not look around very thoroughly, but at first glance I could not  
> figure out what this exactly refers to.

I don't know either? Carson, do you know? Otherwise we can ask Jürgen, I guess
we did those improvements.

> - Make SSL mode of POstgresSQL connections configurable (minor edit)

good

> - Map units in addition to pixels for digitizing tolerance (minor edit)

good

I don't see anything else, looks great!

regards,
 Otto

> Thanks, Claudia
> 
> On Apr 28, 2009, at 7:40 AM, Otto Dassau wrote:
> 
> > Hi Anne, Claudia, Carson, Stephan and Werner :),
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:12:15 +0200
> > Anne Ghisla <a.ghisla at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Monday 27 April 2009 08:35:18 Otto Dassau wrote:
> >>> Hi Documentation Team,
> >> [...]
> >>> - update the content according to the sections you take care of. A  
> >>> list of
> >>>  new/updated is available in the wiki ManualTasks page as well
> >>
> >> The list of changes is quite long, which of them shall I mention  in
> >> chapter "1.1. features" and 4 "Features at a glance"?
> >
> > ok, here are some suggestions from me:
> >
> >> Carson suggested:
> >> - add usb: to list of gps device on linux
> >
> > yes
> >
> >> - vector overlay
> >
> > I guess here you mean vector diagram overlay and yes, this is really  
> > a new
> > feature and I think we have to mention it in 1.1 and 4 and describe  
> > it in
> > section 5 as a new/extra subsection. This would be Claudia.
> >
> >> - advanced printing
> >
> > I think advanced printing includes (compaired to 1.0) that we now  
> > can create a
> > template and there is a new button to "align selected items left". I  
> > think we
> > (Werner) should describe this in section "Print Composer". I don't  
> > think this
> > has to be mentioned extra in the chapter "1.1. features" and 4  
> > "Features at a
> > glance". But would be ok of course if you want!
> >
> > The idea originally was that section 1.1 is supposed to be a very  
> > very rough
> > overview and even 4 shall be something like an overview and after  
> > that we
> > really start to describe all functionalities in detail beginning  
> > with section 5.
> >
> >> - handling of postgis tables
> >
> > Here the same, unless the changes are very important. Otherwise it  
> > should be
> > described in section 5.2 "PostGIS layers". This is Claudia's part. I  
> > don't think
> > this has to be mentioned extra in chapter "1.1. features" and 4  
> > "Features at
> > a glance" BTW: I don't know what the improvements of the handling of  
> > postgis
> > tables exactly are. Carson or Jürgen - do you know more and give  
> > Claudia a hint?
> >
> >> - support to all OGR formats in Open Vector dialog
> >
> > And here again :). I think Claudia should write about that in  
> > section 5
> > "Working with vector data" and we don't have to put that into  
> > chapter "1.1.
> > features" and 4 "Features at a glance".
> >
> >> - attribute table improvements
> >
> > I also don't think it has to be part of 1.1 and 4 but definitely in  
> > the vector
> > part again. mmhh ... but where? Maybe we add new subsubsection to  
> > subsection 5.4
> > Editing about "Working with the attribute table" ? And again, this  
> > is Claudia
> > :(. I guess we should help her with that section!
> >
> >> - proxy table info
> >
> > This could be a short note in 1.1 "publish maps on the internet" and  
> > should
> > then be decribed in section 7 "Working with OGC data" by Stephan.
> >
> >> - save as georeferenced image
> >
> > yes, maybe in 1.1 but definitely in section 4.6 "Output"
> >
> >> any further hint?
> >
> > yes, the support of SpatiaLite Layers should be added to 1.1 and in  
> > 4 and we
> > need to describe it in section 5 (Claudia :)). Or do we have to add  
> > a new
> > section (latex file?) for the SpatiaLite support?
> >
> >>> It would be great, if we can manage to get the manual ready  
> >>> together with
> >>> the new release. If you figure out during the week, that you won't  
> >>> be able
> >>> to finish your sections, please write a mail to the list before this
> >>> weekend, so we can decide how to proceed.
> >>
> >> I have some svn problems, I already emailed Gary.
> >> If I can't commit changes before Thursday evening, I'll send my  
> >> patches to the
> >> list - I won't have internet access before Monday and I'm afraid it  
> >> would be
> >> too late.
> >
> > yes, but better you send the patches directly to Carson or me,  
> > because the limit
> > for attachments is pretty low on the lists (40kb?). We can commit  
> > your text
> > then.
> >
> > @Claudia: Sorry - but before this email when I split the manual into  
> > sections I
> > wasn't aware that so many new features have to be updated in Section  
> > 5 "Working
> > with vector data" for this release. I would suggest you tell us,  
> > what of the
> > topics above you would like to or can do and then we share the rest.  
> > I will have
> > some time to help.
> >
> > regards,
> > Otto
> >
> >> best regards,
> >>
> >> Anne
> >>
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