On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 03:22:59PM -0700, Larry Shaffer wrote: > -------------------->8==== > About 5): Once the old engine's gui is gone, what about users who open > a project still using the old labeling? Should the app just prompt > them that there are affected layers and to re-label them using the new > engine, or should there be a function/dialog added that offers to > attempt to automatically port those layers over to the new engine? > > The latter might not be too hard since the old engine basically just > labeled points; and, I believe, all of those old settings should port > over to the new Offset settings. The only similar placement missing is > how line layers were labeled in old engine is not present in new > engine. The 'Horizontal' placement in new engine for line labels does > not work the same, and does not support the quadrant/x/y offsets. I > can add the proposed 'Midpoint' placement (see previously noted [1] > list) which would essentially be identical to old engine, or better, > add such functionality to the existing Horizontal placement. > > Then, auto-porting of old to new engine layers would be possible. > Whether the old-to-new labels will look identical and be placed the > same is another issue. Though, I don't think very much development > effort should be expended on making them look exactly the same. > > ====8<----------------------------
I think auto-porting should be the aim here, so welcome any addition to the new labeling framework that makes this possible. Ideally with as close as possible look & performance. --strk; http://www.cartodb.com - Map, analyze and build applications with your data ~~ http://strk.keybit.net _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
