[Qgis-developer] user-defined symbology defaults + project templates

[Etienne Tourigny]

I've pushed to a slightly modified version of both features.

1) Added default vector transparency for projects ; ui tweaks

Would there be any thing else to add to vector defaults?

Also, how about raster defaults? Perhaps the entire "Rasters" section
from the main options dialog?


2) Save the "default template" to $HOME/.qgis/default.qgs (see UI in
Options->General->Project Files)

Next would be to implement a template folder (both saving and loading)
and UI for custom template folder(s) - perhaps a single folder is good
enough to make it simple?


cheers,
Etienne

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Etienne Tourigny
<etourigny.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Etienne Tourigny
>> <etourigny.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm glad others see this as useful!
>>>
>>> Any idea when these changes will be available, and if should I wait
>>> before adding my changes to master? In the meantime, I could perhaps
>>> push what I have done.
>>> Currently, the button changes the selected symbol, but it could be
>>> modified to open the symbol lists. I just thought this way was a bit
>>> faster.
>>
>> The reasons I suggested not using a combobox is because with long
>> names the combobox grows and pushes the size of the dialog box out,
>> although with a button you are going to have the same issue I guess.
>> I'm happy for a commit of what you have so far and then we can rework
>> it once the GSoC stuff is in master.
>
> Right, it's pretty simple anyway so not hard to modify afterward. I'll
> just make sure the combobox does not grow if the names are long.
>
> Cheers
>
>>
>>>
>>> I like the idea of multiple templates to choose from, but I would
>>> still like a way to change the global defaults (see answer to Denis).
>>
>> +1 as long it is obvious that the defaults have been changed.
>>
>>> Any idea on how to manage the template list from a UI perspective?
>>> Just have a file sector and have the user place/save the files there,
>>> and then a dynamic menu which lists these files?
>>
>> I would have a folder called 'project_templates" in the .qgis folder
>> and the list could be read from there by default, you could also have
>> a place in the global settings where you could define other folders to
>> look for templates.  I might store projects on a network folder so
>> that other people can access them so it would be good to be able to
>> tell QGIS to look in there too.
>>
>> - Nathan