R: [Qgis-developer] GRASS Toolbox list view patch

[Marco Pasetti]

Re: R: [Qgis-developer] GRASS Toolbox list view patchHi Tim,

sorry for the delay, I'm very busy here!

When I talked about expand/collapse GRASS Toolbox tree, I mainly meant that it would be better to start the toolbox tree collapsed, instead of expanded, because an expanded tree is too much confusing, IMHO. Actually, adding expand all/collapse all buttons would be a great thing, along with the capability of the toolbox to *remember* the last *tree configuration*: this because I guess that the most users commonly use only few modules, thus that they would prefer to keep some parts of the tree expanded, while other (rarely used) collapsed.

I'm finishing to configure my Vista machine (what a mess! 1 GB of RAM only for the OS, with all the feautures, processes and services reduced to the minimum necessary set!): on the next hours I'll start to build on Vista under the MSYS environment, updating some libraries and adding some other supports (such as OpenSSL, JPEG, OGDI, GML and others...).

This said, when do you think that QGIS will move from tha current MSYS build to the MSVC one?

Regards,

Marco

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tim Sutton 
  To: Marco Pasetti 
  Cc: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:55 AM
  Subject: Re: R: [Qgis-developer] GRASS Toolbox list view patch


  Hi Marco

  Thanks for the feedback. I will try to build under msvc here and see 
  if I can address the issues with the plugin manager. I think Radim 
  specifically expanded the tree in the grass toolbox because you can 
  access each tool with a single click. Perhaps we can add some 
  collapse all / expand all buttons to the toolbox to support both 
  people who prefer it expanded and those who prefer it collapsed. Ill 
  look into this.

  I tested the plugin manager with my msvc build and will commit a fix 
  in a few minutes that should sort out the issue you were having.



  Regards

  Tim


  Em May 26, 2008, às 4:52 PM, Marco Pasetti escreveu:

  > Hi Tim,
  >
  > I built the latest svn trunk with your patch on windows (xp for the 
  > moment,
  > on the next days also on Vista)
  >
  > 1. the idea for the grass toolbox is good (I mean the module list 
  > with the
  > run-time type filter/search), but I think that:
  >
  > 1.1. we should start the grass toolbox tree collapsed instead of fully
  > expanded
  > 1.2. the font of the module tiltles should be a little bit smaller
  > 1.3. the module list tab still has some render problems
  > 1.4. I cannot select (that means start) the filtered modules
  >
  > 2. I have big rendering and selecting (check-boxes) problems with 
  > the plugin
  > manager
  >
  > Sorry, I have no such spare time to make deeper analisys :-(
  >
  > All the best
  >
  > Marco
  >
  > -----Messaggio originale-----
  > Da: qgis-developer-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
  > [mailto:qgis-developer-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Per conto di Tim 
  > Sutton
  > Inviato: lunedì 26 maggio 2008 17.37
  > A: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
  > Oggetto: [Qgis-developer] GRASS Toolbox list view patch
  >
  > Hi Folks
  >
  > Here is my first pass at a grass filtered list view for grass toolbox
  > (attached patch). There are still a few issues:
  >
  >   - checkboxes next to items need to be removed
  >   - filter box below list needs a label
  >   - some funny rendering happens on tab background on start up, 
  > just click
  > to another tab and then back to the list view
  >
  > I've been thinking that it might be better to implement this 'as-
  > well- as'
  > the existing tree view, so that if you want to browse the tools by 
  > heirachy
  > you still can, or if you want to quickly get all the tools that 
  > e.g. work
  > with ascii, you can just type 'ascii' in the filter box and be on 
  > your way.
  >
  > Anyway, will be interesting to get feedback from heavy grass users 
  > is the
  > list box approach makes life easier or not. To apply the patch, go 
  > to the
  > qgis top level dir and do:
  >
  > patch -p0 < grass_detailed_list_patch.diff
  >
  > You need to be using a current svn checkout for it to work properly
  > (r8522 or better).
  >
  > Regards
  >
  >

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