[Qgis-developer] Ideas on the SVG symbols library

[Anita Graser]

+1 for A

Thanks for the initiative!

Anita



On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Olivier Dalang
<olivier.dalang at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi !
>
> My last email about SVG symbols did not get a lot of answers ;) So I try
> again...
>
> I'm still thinking about reworking the SVG library a little bit for 2.0,
> but before starting that dull work, I'd like to be sure that there's some
> agreement about the best strategy.
>
> I've two variants (illustrated by the screenshot), explained in details
> below. Of course the variant 0 (doing nothing at all) also exists
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/bfdncq9an8i6mc5/comparison.png
>
> Personally, I vote for variant A, excepted if alpha values work in variant
> B.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Olivier
>
>
>
>  *Variant A*
> - Remove the backgrounds from every symbol.
> - Add the fill, outline, and outline-width params to every symbol.
> - Make all symbols initial size the same.
> - Add some new SVG backgrounds
>
> Pros :
> - very flexible (add, combine, ...)
>
> Cons :
> - slightly more complex for beginners
> - old project files won't look the same (the icons won't have a background)
>
>
>
> *Variant B*
> - Add the fill and outline params to every symbol, having the outline
> param actually apply to the background.
>
> Pros :
> - almost the same than today (so no changes for old projects files and
> nothing new to learn)
>
> Cons :
> - Its seems a bit wrong to use an "outline" color param, to set a
> backgorund color.
>
> Questions :
> - Would it be possible to have alpha values in the color selector ? So you
> could choose to have a transparent background, and get almost all benefits
> of variant A. (I don't know the way the SVG symbols work in the code enough
> to try that)
>
>
> *Variant A&B*
> - Run SVG cleaner on all symbols (not sure if there's any benefit, but
> it's not much work)
> - Remove some word 95 looking symbols (golf flag, backpacker, ... )
> - Remove some duplicate icons (same icons with different colors, ...)
> - Reorganize some icons ("Symbol" fold is not a very explicit name)
>
> Questions :
> - Are the GPS icons part of some kind of standard ? Or is it OK to
> remove/reorganize those as well ?
>
>
>
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