[Qgis-developer] Merge of Arun's summer of code work

[kimaidou]

Hi all,

I just modified the wiki page and replaced the absolute links (
http://hub.qgis.org/issues/issue_number ) by redmine syntax for links to
issues ( #issue_number ).

This way we will be able to see wich issues are closed.

Michael

2012/8/16 Etienne Tourigny <etourigny.dev at gmail.com>

> Hi Martin, Arun and others
>
> I think this is great!  My work on cpt-city color ramps is still
> evolving, and I was wondering in which ways it could benefit from your
> work.
>
> As far as I see it, here is how ramps would work:
>
> 1) an interface to browse a number of available gradients and import
> them into user's gradients.
>
> The entire cpt-city archive holds about 6000 gradients. I have
> prepared a reduced set (about 800) that we could provide optionally
> for qgis users, based on licenses and a broad selection (the one from
> cpt-city). The goal is to have a minimal set (about 100) that would be
> distributed with qgis.
>
> The current interface to browse these gradients needs an overhaul, and
> I was thinking of adopting a layout similar to the one you adopted for
> the style manager: a tree to the left with various ways to organize
> the gradients, a search feature, and a box to the right with the
> matching ramps. Because there are a number of ramps available, it
> might not fit well inside the style manager because it would add
> clutter. On the other hand, it could be useful to have it integrated
> directly, with a specific category in the tree and perhaps a specific
> tab page for the matching ramps. My preference is to use a dedicated
> dialog for this, very similar to the style manager, but I would
> appreciate feedback and of course a thumbs up/down to reuse your work.
>
> 2) once ramps are chosen they reside in the color ramps tab like other
> ramps.
>
> 3) import/export:  cpt-city ramps are stored in standard svg
> "linearGradient" format. It would be nice to be able to import/export
> these from the style manager, and perhaps change the internal xml
> representation of color ramps to that format - or at least export in
> svg linearGradient.
>
> cheers,
> Etienne
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Martin Dobias <wonder.sk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I am happy to announce that I have just merged Arun's work on
> > symbology. He has done a great job and after some testing I think the
> > code is ready for prime time.
> >
> > What to expect?
> > - style manager has been greatly improved:
> >   - grouping of symbols (including child groups of groups)
> >   - tagging
> >   - "smart" groups (showing only symbols matching some criteria).
> >   - search
> > - symbol selector and properties dialogs have been integrated to just
> > one dialog, improving the usability a lot
> > - style database is now stored in a SQLite database rather than an XML
> > file for better scalability
> > - style import improvements: load style directly from given URL,
> > saving imported symbols into a group
> > - SVG fill: shows directories for easier traversal through the SVG
> directories
> > - surely some more goodies I've forgotten to mention!
> >
> > Please note that with the transition of styles to SQLite database you
> > will find your style empty - but don't worry! You can import all your
> > saved symbols and color ramps from ~/.qgis/symbology-ng-style.xml -
> > from now they will be stored in ~/.qgis/symbology-ng-style.db.
> >
> > Arun: thanks for your hard work and I hope you will continue to
> > contribute to QGIS! :-)
> > Also many thanks to Nathan for co-mentoring and lots of great ideas
> > for the GUI improvements that landed in the code.
> >
> > Regards
> > Martin
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