[Qgis-developer] Wiki page: switching from old to new symbology, missing bits

[Robert Rehammar]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is out of scope for the new label engine, but it
would anyway be a nice feature:

Make the label text an answer to a SQL question instead of a single
field. In particular, make it possible to form strings from several
fields and fixed strings, e.g.
label = my_first_column + " " + my_second_column.
It should also be possible to add control characters, e.g. "\n".

For the rule-based symbology, make it hierarchical, so that it could
look e.g. like
if my_fist_column = 1
  if my_second_column = 1
  if my_second_column = 2
if my_fist_column = 2
  if my_second_column = 1
  if my_second_column = 2

Controlling e.g. the second rule should make it change in all
appropriate places, e.g. changing the if my_second_column = 1 to 
if my_second_column = 3 should change this on all places.

Cheers,
Robert

On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 15:58 +0100, Andreas Neumann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  As Paolo suggested, I started a wiki page for problems/missing bits in 
>  the new symbology. Please add your issues, so we can get a rather 
>  complete view of what is still missing.
> 
>  http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Switching_from_Old_to_New_Symbology_and_Labeling
> 
>  This is just a start. I will add more issues in the next couple days.
> 
>  Thanks for your help!
> 
>  Andreas
> 

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