[Qgis-user] Default line width when importing data

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

On 8/23/21 3:44 PM, David Strip wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 at 02:27, Johanna Botman <johannab at melton.vic.gov.au <mailto:johannab at melton.vic.gov.au>> wrote:
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>> The default is 0.26. I don’t know what unit of measurement that is, and it doesn’t really matter. I would just like to be able to set my own width as default.
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> .26 seems an odd number, esp. for a default. What's the origin of this value?

I guessed it is/was something with pixel/point/mm conversions so googled: "point pixel 0.26" bringing me:

https://www.dunplab.it/px-to-rem

which says: "Pixels are a unit of measurement commonly used in graphic and web design, equivalent to roughly 1⁄96 inch (0.26 mm)."

So.. I think that is where the 0.26 (mm) comes from :-)
Maybe historically it was 1 pixel? And some people asked to make mm the default?

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde