[Qgis-developer] Map rotation support in composer (was: Rotation status and PSC meeting)

[Sandro Santilli]

For the record, a PR for composer rotation support is being
worked on here: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/1882

It includes Martin patch and further fixes for the displacement
bug. Tests are welcome.

--strk;

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 09:00:38AM +0700, Mathieu Pellerin wrote:
> Sandro,
> 
> The last few weeks has been a nice leap forward when it comes to your
> rotation feature, congratulation on that.
> 
> IMO, based on the improvements, it's worth considering _removing the
> activation option altogether_ from the preference window. I can't see
> any stability and usability issue that would warrant disabling it.
> 
> That said, in my view, a basic composer support (i.e. map item's
> rotation feature) should be moved at the top of your priority list.
> Right now, the benefits of your rotation work _cannot_ be exported
> outside of the QGIS canvas, which IMO is a serious limitation. In most
> of my QGIS workflows, the final cartographic products are exported
> through the composer to obtain an high resolution file that can be
> printed out (i.e. I can't just go save the canvas as an image :) ).
> Not having map items make use of your rotation feature is a
> significant restriction.
> 
> Cheers, and thanks again for the work,
> 
> Math
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net> wrote:
> > I've spent more time on rotation (only partially funded), fixing:
> >
> >  - Label pre-rotation (#11814)
> >  - North Arrow Decoration (#11818)
> >  - Grid decoration (#11817)
> >
> > Leftover issues (open for funding):
> >
> >  - Plugin layers (#11900) -- needs feedback
> >  - Overview map (#11862) -- minor, IMHO
> >  - Composer support (#11912) -- wish ?
> >  - Atlas doesn't consider map rotation when setting scale (#11954)
> >
> > Please report any other issue that might arise with rotation enabled
> > and properly tag it with the "rotation" label.
> >
> > I'd like to partecipate to the PSC meeting tomorrow but it is only
> > possible for me before 18:00 CET. I hadn't found the schedule here:
> > http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/17/PSC_Meeting_16_January_2015
> > At what time do you plan to meet ?
> >
> > --strk;