[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #3748: Centralized way of sharing styles

[Quantum GIS]

#3748: Centralized way of sharing styles
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   Reporter:  sabb                              |              Owner:  brushtyler   
       Type:  enhancement                       |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |          Milestone:  Version 1.7.0
  Component:  Symbology                         |            Version:  Trunk        
   Keywords:  symbology repository              |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  Debian                            |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                                 |  
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Comment(by pcav):

 I think this implies several components (so the ticket could be split):

  * add .qgis/symbols to the standard path where to look for symbols
  * add a Symbol installer, similar to Plugin installer, to download sets
 of symbols to the above dir
  * add one or more central repo, parallel to the plugin repo, where users
 can upload styles.

 Additionally, care should we taken because having many symbols will make
 opening the Property window very slow; a solution should be found to this
 issue.

 Also custom XML styles for symbology-ng can be added to this, but this
 would require to split the monolithic symbology-ng-style.xml into chunks
 that can be up- and downloaded.

 Overall, not a great effort, and will make life easier for many users.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/3748#comment:2>
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