[Qgis-developer] Map vs. Line line labelling orientation

[Sandro Santilli]

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 12:45:33PM -0300, Martin Dobias wrote:

> the intended semantics is as follows:
> - with the "map" orientation the "above line" and others should work
> as one would expect: the label should appear above the line

What would you expect when the line is a vertical line ?

> - using "line" orientation the "above line" actually means "on the
> left side of the line" - so that in case of left-to-right line there
> is no difference to "map" orientation, in case of right-to-left line
> the meaning of above/below is reversed to "map" orientation.
> 
> Does that make sense to you?

The "line" orientation makes sense to me.
The "map" orientation seems insufficiently defined.

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