[Qgis-user] mapserverexportplugin: use current loaded project only

[Ricardo Filipe Soares Garcia da]

Hi
I also think its more intuitive to just assume that the user wants to
use the current project for mapfile generation.
But I'd like to propose that, instead of getting rid of the widget for
selecting the project to use, this widget still exists but will be
filled in by default with the path of the current project. This way
the user doesn't have to work to choose the project file, but there is
still the possibility of selecting other projects, if needed.
Opinions?

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 11:59 PM,  <matej at matnet.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think that exporting without pointing to qgis project file is logical, so just export the current (saved) project.
>
> My five cents.
>
> BR, Matej Serc
>
> Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net>
> Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:36:36
> To: <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: [Qgis-user] mapserverexportplugin: use current loaded project only
>
> Hi List,
> we are busy with the python mapserverexport plugin...
>
> current version asks you to point to a qgs-project-file which will then be
> used to make the map file.
> Often this project-file is actually the project currently loaded in qgis.
> Which made people add functionality to check if the current project is
> actually changed after loading...
>
> BUT: isn't it more intuitive to NOT let the user point to a qgs-project
> file, but always use the current project for exporting? In this way we can
> force people to save current project if not saved yet (because the mapfile
> is actually build by using data from a (saved) project file).
> Another option would be that the user would not be forced to save the
> file, and silently save the file to some temporary place just to build the
> mapfile...
>
> I prefer the first option.
>
> Do people see any objections in removing the 'browse to
> qgs-file'-functionality in the plugin?
>
> Please comment.
>
> Regards
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
>
>
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