Thanks a lot for your quick answers. I missed the Layers > Labelling menu item. I was looking in the layer property gui.
I am really impressed by the evolution of Qgis for 2 years. It is becoming powerfull without beeing too complex. About the wrapping option, should I write a trac ticket ? 2010/12/1 Martin Dobias <[email protected]> > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:28 PM, kimaidou <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I have some questions regarding labelling options. I search in the list > with > > the nabble search tool, but could not find the answers to these following > > questions : > > > > * is there a way in Qgis to display the label along a linestring, e.g. > for > > contours or rivers ? The best would be as mapnik does, folling the > > linestring : > > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=43.617869&lon=3.901034&zoom=18&layers=M > > Yes, with new labelling. > > > > * Is there a way to wrap the label with a string parameter and a > "maxlength. > > E.g. "The River of the Big Reef" would become > > "The River of > > the Big Reed" > > when applying the parameters : string = space , maxlength = 10 > > Mapserver has such option : MAXLENGTH combined to WRAP > > No, this is currently not possible. > > Regards > Martin >
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