[Qgis-developer] Expression editor icon

[Matthias Kuhn]

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
>>

Has there any progress been made concerning this topic?

Regards,
Matthias