[Qgis-developer] Embedding of layers and legend groups from other projects

[Marco Hugentobler]

Hi Giovanni

> It works regardless the type of datasource (vector or raster, shapes,
> postgis, spatialite, etc.)?

Yes, it is supposed to work with all layer types.

Regards,
Marco

Am Dienstag, 7. Juni 2011, 18.52:48 schrieb Giovanni Manghi:
> Hi Marco,
> thanks for this feature.
> 
> This is huge!
> 
> It works regardless the type of datasource (vector or raster, shapes,
> postgis, spatialite, etc.)?
> 
> cheers
> 
> -- Giovanni --
> 
> On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 18:48 +0200, Marco Hugentobler wrote:
> > Hi devs
> > 
> > Recently, I implemented support for embedding layers and legend groups
> > from other project files. Like this, it is no longer necessary to repeat
> > legend arrangements. Just embed groups and/or layers from other project
> > files as references (Layer->embed layers and groups, then select a
> > project file and mark the entities to embed). The reference can be
> > absolute / relative depending on the project setting.
> > 
> > The code is contained in my github clone (git at github.com:mhugent/Quantum-
> > GIS.git). I'm planning to do some testing before pushing to the main
> > repo. If you have some feedback, let me know.
> > 
> > One issue that I'm already aware of is the problem to embed several
> > groups with the same name. Solution might be to generate a unique group
> > id (similarly to the layer id), but this does not work for referencing
> > old project files.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Marco


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