[Qgis-developer] New "EasyCustomLabeling" plugin

[haubourg]

Hi all,
Another new plugin advertising!

I just published this morning my first plugin here: 
http://planet.qgis.org/plugins/EasyCustomLabeling/
http://planet.qgis.org/plugins/EasyCustomLabeling/ 

*This plugin quicly duplicates a vector layer or only selected features into
a new memory layer, ready to use for data defined labeling. *

It duplicates all layer fields and adds specific fields for advanced
labeling. New layer is created with centroids of source layer,  keep it
light and fast.

"LabelField" can be used to store a multiline calculated label. It is filled
with source layer "display field" (layer properties / general).  Very
usefull if using QGIS 1.7 without expression generator, or if manual
modication is needed without destroying original data. 

If using "Memory Layer Saver" plugin, labels will be saved along with the
project as gml.
 *It works well with 1.7.4.*   
*There still is work to do with QGIS 1.8 and higher because of new gdal gml
behaviour *. Follow topic here to know more: 
http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Memory-data-provider-persistence-td4108012.html
http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Memory-data-provider-persistence-td4108012.html


RoadMap for the future:
  - flag off "experimental" as soon as memory layer saver issues are solved
  - Ask user format and location to save layer (shp, spatialite, gml) and
warn of possible incompatiblities with QGIS versions / Memory layer saver
versions.
  - add a "display label" field as discussed here: 
http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/New-adv-labeling-freeze-thaw-tools-td4988479.html
http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/New-adv-labeling-freeze-thaw-tools-td4988479.html 
  - propose such a function as a core plugin along with labeling utilies
(add custom labeling field to a data or duplicate in a new layer) 

Please send any report or feature request here :
http://hub.qgis.org/projects/easycustomlabeling
http://hub.qgis.org/projects/easycustomlabeling 

Régis






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