[Qgis-developer] Deactivate raster icon generation by default
Tim Sutton
lists at linfiniti.com
Sat Jun 29 15:08:19 PDT 2013
+1 to disable by default
Regards
Tim
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>wrote:
> Hi Matthias,
>
> Thank you - I don't think the threshold would be too useful. With the VRT
> format the problem is probably that potentiall hundred/thousands of files
> would have to be opened just to generate this small icon that is of very
> limited use.
>
> Thank you for your fix!
>
> Andreas
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:08:54 +0200, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
>
>> On linux it's in ~/.config/QGIS/QGIS2.conf (I believe in every
>> distribution).
>> Default is still true. It's a really simple fix, I'll just commit it.
>> If there's a problem, please complain.
>>
>> If there's the demand for it, a threshold size (resolution * bands?)
>> could be introduced (for 2.1 I'd say).
>>
>> On Don 27 Jun 2013 11:38:22 CEST, Werner Macho wrote:
>>
>>> ok .. then i am surprised why deleting the .qgis2 folder helped ..
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:madmanwoo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Werner,
>>>
>>> That setting is not stored in the .qgis2 folder. It will be where
>>> ever the settings for QGIS are stored. In windows this in the
>>> registry.
>>>
>>> - Nathan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Werner Macho
>>> <werner.macho at gmail.com <mailto:werner.macho at gmail.com**>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hmm . I just tested and looked ..
>>> It seems that it is already deactivated by default ..
>>> deleting the .qgis2 folder and start from scratch showed that
>>> it is not active ..
>>> probably it's something from an earlier installation?
>>>
>>> can anyone confirm?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Anita Graser
>>> <anitagraser at gmx.at <mailto:anitagraser at gmx.at>> wrote:
>>>
>>> +1 for "off" by default.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Andreas Neumann
>>> <a.neumann at carto.net <mailto:a.neumann at carto.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> A discussion on the german fossgis-user group revealed
>>> that generating raster previews slows down raster
>>> loading a lot. Esp. for VRT raster catalogs.
>>>
>>> Can we set this setting (Settings -> Options -> Canvas
>>> and Legend -> Create Raster Icons (may be slow)) to
>>> off by default for new users?
>>>
>>> I think performance is much more important than raster
>>> icons in the legend. In >90% cases you cannot see a
>>> think in these small raster icons anyway. Also, a new
>>> user would not have the idea to turn this particular
>>> setting off to speed up raster loading. Even I was not
>>> aware of it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andreas
>>>
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