On 03/04/2011, at 14:56 , Micha Silver wrote: > On 03/04/2011 05:29, Ramon Andinach wrote: >> On 03/04/2011, at 09:40 , Ramon Andinach wrote: >> >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I am attempting to use the GDAL tools plugin (a core plugin) to generate a >>> raster from a vector. >>> It should be Raster -> Rasterize >>> >>> When I want to select a file to save the output into, I'm getting confused. >>> Following SOP, I press the select button, browse to the right place and >>> type my filename in. >>> But the button that is normally named "save" stays greyed out. >>> >>> Now, the button that is normally "save" says "open" which seems odd. >>> >>> Am I going about this right? >>> >>> If I am, can anyone confirm this? >>> >> I forgot to say: >> 1.7 on linux r 15655M >> using GDAL tool 1.2.25 >> >> Ok, and I'm going to have a stab at answering my own question. >> On my linux box QGIS is compiled against 1.6.3, which means gdal_rasterize >> can't make it's own rasters. Hence, open not save. >> > > Correct. > >> Sorry for the dumb-user question. >> >> > > Not dumb at all. Others have stumbled over the same problem. > >> Related to this, in windows-land the osgeo installer has me up to 1.8 (so on >> windows GDAL can make a new image). >> Is my linux install a bit backward? >> > > Yes, although 1.7 is really only a "bit" backward. > >> I would have thought using different library versions on different platforms >> would be adding complexity? >> >> > > That kind of complexity comes with any multi-platform application like QGIS. > I think the devs and packagers have done an amazing job of keeping all three > platforms more or less in line.
I agree. It's a rarity to be able to move between 3 different platforms and have things so similar. Very impressive. -ramon. _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
