[Qgis-developer] Deactivate raster icon generation by default

[Tim Sutton]

+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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