[Qgis-developer] Ideas on the SVG symbols library

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Olivier,

Yes, version A is better - as you more easily add a different background
or combine it with another SVG background symbol.

Thank you for starting this work.

Andreas

Am 13.04.2013 00:05, schrieb 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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