[Qgis-developer] fTools and GdalTools: sextante vs original plugins

[Victor Olaya]

I like the idea of allowing menu entries to be defined from SEXTANTE
algorithms, as a shortcut to them. If we agree on that, I could start
working on it.

Thanks everyone for you ideas!

Cheers
Victor

2013/4/17 Bernhard Ströbl <bernhard.stroebl at jena.de>:
> Hi all,
>
> for a course I am about to give tomorrow I played a bit with SEXTANTE,
> although I am going to teach geoprocessing with fTools (we are using QGIS
> 1.8). It was my first go with SEXTANTE and I was about to show what it will
> offer in the future. Therefore I built a small model with three input layers
> a buffer and two overlay operations. I did not succeed in running the model
> so I tried in current master.
> As it currently is SEXTANTE is not operable for me (or I am doing it wrong):
> First message is "Layers do not all use the same CRS...." although they
> definitely do and the same EPSG-code is noted in square brackets behind each
> layer name!? Second I get an "Error executing algorithm..." it seems as
> SEXTANTE cannot use PostGIS layers as input (when I save them as shape files
> the model runs perfectly), this is a big limitation as my institution stores
> almost everything in PostGIS. (SEXTANTE should not offer PostGIS layers to
> choose as input layers then).
>
> Well, this was a very disappointing experience because additionally QGIS was
> frozen two or three times opening or closing the model. I do not want to
> complain, all I want is to ask for keeping fTools as they are until SEXTANTE
> can _really_ replace them in all aspects. Then we should remove the vector
> menue completely because I agree that finding the tool you are looking for
> is a lot easier in SEXTANTE.
>
> my 2 cents
>
> Bernhard
>
> Am 17.04.2013 07:42, schrieb Anita Graser:
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 3:19 AM, Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.asia at gmail.com
>> <mailto:nirvn.asia at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     There might be a way to make most people happy here.
>>
>>     I find the vector menu a nice ui shortcut for useful functions. If
>>     sextante relevant functions are at par (or better), couldn't the
>>     vector menu items stay, which would please many, and when clicked
>>     triggers sextante's function dialogue? Victor? Same thing could
>>     happen with vector menu too. Sextante's analysis toolbar is super
>>     useful but might be a throwback for some if vector / raster menu
>>     functions disappear.
>>
>>     On human resource (coders and testers) and maintenance angles,
>>     keeping to mechanism to do same thing is an obvious waste.
>>
>> I see. So you'd suggest to keep only Sextante code (where duplicates
>> exist!) but provide shortcuts from the menu? I'd +1 that.
>> I've been testing a variety of functions in the menus and in Sextante
>> over the last days and there are always some broken ones. Neither
>> "package" is without major bugs today.
>> We need to get it together for 2.0 and that's easier if we can focus on
>> one.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Anita
>>
>
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