[Qgis-developer] Module piping GUI [Was: analytical workflow]
Camilo Polymeris
cpolymeris at gmail.com
Thu Sep 29 06:51:54 EDT 2011
Hello everyone,
in an earlier thread, the implementation of "analytical workflows"
--sets of modules with linked inputs and outputs-- was discussed.
While this can currently be attained using Python scripts, a GUI to
interactively construct these workflows would be a nice addition to
the userfriendliness of the processing framework.
Two main possible designs for this GUI came up:
Either, a "connect-the-boxes"-style GUI (a graph):
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:26 AM, Johan Van de Wauw
<johan.vandewauw at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sextante has a nice modeler tool - it may be a good example how it could work:
> http://www.gvsig.com/files/images/screenshots/gvSIG_Sextante_02.png
or, a patchbay-style GUI:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Camilo Polymeris <cpolymeris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> A bit like qjackctl's patchbay:
>> http://ubuntu.allmyapps.com/data/q/j/qjackctl-jack-control/UBUNTU-9.04/qjackctlPatchbayForm1.png
>>
>> It looks tidier and would also be a bit easier to implement than
>> free-floating boxes.
While the former seems to be a more popular choice among existing
software, I favor the latter option, because it would better handle
numerous I/Os.
Your opinion on this would be appreciated.
Regards,
Camilo
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