Sure but it is also nice to not have to think and just have a default  
right there.

Jesse

Le 7-Feb-08 à 2:38 PM, Justin Deoliveira a écrit :

> This makes my point. The fact that you and I have different ideas  
> about what it should be. It should not be for the format driver to  
> decide. It should be the decision of whoever is creating the ui.
>
> Jesse Eichar wrote:
>> I'd expect the icon to be a polygon for a polgyons, line for line,  
>> etc...  Would you expect a generic "shapefile" icon?
>> Jesse
>> Le 7-Feb-08 à 1:35 PM, Justin Deoliveira a écrit :
>>> Jody Garnett wrote:
>>>> Justin Deoliveira wrote:
>>>>> I am still not getting the point of icon. Would it be some well  
>>>>> known icon that we copy into the shapefile module? And just  
>>>>> return it as need be? What if an app wants to use another icon?  
>>>>> Does not seem to fit.
>>>> From the point of view of making presentable user interfaces  
>>>> Title and Icon are the basics for showing the user what is there.
>>> I understand that... but i am just struggling to figure out how  
>>> the ShapefielDataStore can figure out which icon to return based  
>>> only on information present in a shapefile. Can you answer my  
>>> question. Is the intent to come up with a well defined icon for  
>>> it, throw it in teh shapefile module, and return it?
>>>
>>>>> Also, a crazy idea (actually it was Chris's idea). Why not just  
>>>>> make this a map or something and call it a day. That way formats  
>>>>> can set the information they have, ignoring non-relevant stuff.
>>>> That is a good idea - thanks Chris. I would still like to  
>>>> document the keys; so we don't end up with a magic strings API  
>>>> like gdal has...
>>>> I will think for a bit and we can take this on after the current  
>>>> DataStore storm has died down.
>>> Cool, done. Make it a map and only have parameters set which can  
>>> logically be set. Its simple, logical, and we dont have to add any  
>>> new interfaces. I like it. Go Chris Holmes.
>>>> Jody
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