[QGIS-Developer] SVG icons in QGIS

[Régis Haubourg]

Hi,
I think we should better follow the standard for internationalizing instead
of progressively making a proprietary format.
See https://www.w3.org/TR/SVGTiny12/i18n.html
Cheers!

Le mar. 28 juil. 2020 Ã  09:57, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net> a
écrit :

> Hi all,
>
> I am only loosely following this discussion.
>
> But about the internationalization: couldn't we use the same param -
> mechanism we already have for fill-color, stroke-color, opacity, etc. and
> extend it to the content of <text/> elements?
>
> That would solve internationalization and would also be usefuly for
> dynamic text in icons anyway - there might be some use cases for this even
> without internationalization.
>
> Just an idea,
>
> Andreas
>
> On 2020-07-28 02:39, Nyall Dawson wrote:
>
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 at 21:57, Jonathan Moules
> <jonathan-lists at lightpear.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> The more I look at the current SVG icons, the more I'm thinking it
> really needs some TLC (Tender Loving Care). As far as I can tell, icons
> are categorised by the directory they're in, so if you want an icon to
> appear in two categories, you put the icon in there twice... and so
> that's just what has happened! I suspect the current set has simply
> accreted over time.
>
>
> For reference: I'm totally in agreement that we need to improve the
> DEFAULT set of svg files, and that the resource sharing plugin isn't
> the best solution here. It's a great solution for some use cases, but
> we need to improve the out-of-the-box experience in this regard and
> that means extending the default set.
>
> My thoughts:
> * Move the svg's into a single directory. (Though would break any
> current projects symbology using them I guess?)
>
>
> Yes -- we CAN'T do this. What we've got now has to stay, in its
> current structure, and without renaming.
>
> * Use a metadata file to categorise them, so you get a list of
> categories as now and a single symbol can be in multiple categories.
>
>
> We could potentially add tags to the svg files themselves to add this
> information.
>
> * Add a search feature so the user can quickly find "museum" without
> having to guess where it has been categorised.
>
>
> Big +1 to this. Especially if we also add search by tag support!
>
> * Clean up the current symbols by removing duplicates.
>
>
> Again, we can't do this without risking breaking people's existing
> projects (which is off-limits!)
>
> * Add the font-awesome symbols (per my thread on the User List) to fill
> in the gaps and flesh out the collection. As a bonus, it comes with
> metadata for categories and search terms (YAML files).
>
> * bonus - metadata is internationalised so "museo" (IT), "muzeu" (RO),
> etc would also work for finding that museum.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> Sounds good to me! To clarify -- are you volunteering to lead this effort?
>
> Nyall
>
>
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
>
>
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