[Qgis-developer] Expression editor icon

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Robert Szczepanek <robert at szczepanek.pl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On 16.08.2012 16:10, Tim Sutton wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is a request for Robert, but some input from others would help out.
>>>
>>> Peppered throughout the GUI are buttons with only '...' for opening
>>> the expression editor. A button with only '...' is a bit vague. It
>>> would be nice to have a specific icon for the expression editor to add
>>> to buttons and the ui, where needed.
>>>
>>> Any ideas for what it should look like, or characters it should be
>>> based on, like maybe:  ('exp')  ?
>>>
>>
>> What about the greek 'sum' symbol which is commonly used for this?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>
>
> Do you mean upper case sigma Tim [1]?

Sorry yes I meant sigma

> We have it already, but probably it's too strongly related to 'sum' or
> 'statistics'.
> What about
> - lowercase epsilon [2],
> - f()
> - integral sign? which in fact is sort of sum :), but looks more
> "scientific"
>
> According to some design rules, one should avoid using letters where
> possible.

Yes agreed - though I wonder if mathematical symbols are used
universally across locales?

Regards

Tim

> Robert
>
> [1]
> http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/graphics/trunk/toolbar-icons/24x24/stats.svg
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon
>
>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Larry
>
>



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