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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:20:14 -0700 From: [email protected] To: "John C. Tull" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] inserting symbols into qgis On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:53:19 -0700 "John C. Tull" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 22, 2009, at 10:52 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > >> As there was no ticket that I could find specific to the idea of > >> having user-provided svg symbols located in a location separate from > >> the application or an application bundle on at least some OS's, I've > >> created a ticket for that: > >> http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2027 > > Until such times the svg symbols can be located outside the > > application bundle would it be possible to add a warning label to > > any upgrade package before then warning the user the fate that > > befalls them > > > > Knowing this problem exists I will certainly keep a backup copy of > > this file > As it currently stands, most users will not even know how to add new > symbols. The process on the Mac is not as simple as it might seem, so > I doubt there are many people who will even know where to begin. I > don't think a warning is necessary, just a simpler method of adding > symbols in a way that they will be available for use across > application upgrades. We are all running different flavours, mine is Ubuntu 9.04 - I am a fairly new to all this but after seeing the recent posting of where the svg symbols are located I tried it and had success the first time. Incidentally I used Inkscape 0.46 svg rather than plain svg and again had no problems T. _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
