[Qgis-developer] Memory Layers - some proposals

[Nathan Woodrow]

I guess the main issue with replacing the style swatch is we loose that for
a ram icon that will be there all the time so you can't see the style set
on the layer.

Personally I do prefer the name Temporary rather then Memory.

- Nathan

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> On 25/09/2014 4:27 pm, "Mathieu Pellerin" <nirvn.asia at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Possibly although that'd clutter that space.
>
> Not really- it could be handled in the same way as the editing icon is at
> the moment. That doesn't take up any extra room as it replaces the style
> swatch.
>
> >
> > That said, I must say I quite enjoy using the memory layer saver, I'd be
> sad to see this function not making it into core.
> >
> > Martin raised an important issue re format. What about saving memory
> layer data as GeoJSON within the qgis project file? That's a solution that
> is compatible with the project file's xml format.
>
> I think the issue is more with compatibility with other programs. That's
> why a zip/archive style project file which stores memory layers in an
> existing standard format (eg geojson) was suggested.
>
> Nyall
>
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