[Qgis-user] Send us your tips!

[Andreas Neumann]

 Hi Tim

 Where should people who are not developers send the tips to? To you?

 Here is one contribution:

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 Title: Add the current date to a map layout
 Content: You can add a current date variable to your map layout. Create 
 a regular text label and add the string $CURRENT_DATE(yyyy-MM-dd) to the 
 text box. See the <a 
 href="http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/qdate.html#toString">QDate::toString 
 format documentation</a> for the possible date formats.
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 Andreas



 On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:02:15 +0200, Tim Sutton wrote:
> Hi
>
> Yesterday I added a 'tip of the day' type dialog that appears when
> QGIS starts. You have probably have seen a similar feature in other
> applications. And no, before you ask, we are not going to implement a
> 'Mr. Paperclip' function next :-). Right now the tip list is rather
> basic so I would like to invite everyone to submit your favourite
> little tips for QGIS. Here are some guidelines:
>
> - The tip should have a short title
> - The tip content should be short - one or two paragraphs
> - Simple HTML formatting can be used for the tip, including links, 
> lists etc.
> - Tips should be broadly useful and perhaps reveal functionality that
> users may have otherwise overlooked.
>
> Here is an example submission:
>
> Title: Quick access to project properties
> Content: You can quickly access the project properties dialog by
> clicking on the icon in the bottom right corner of the window in the
> status bar area.
>
> If you are a developer, you can add tips directly to
> src/app/qgstipfactory.cpp - it should be self explanatory what to do
> when you look at the source.
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
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