Hi On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Tim Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Martin > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Martin Dobias <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Alister Hood >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> But I think symbol levels should probably be enabled by >>> default, in which case this tip wouldn't be necessary :) >> >> Rendering with symbol levels is more costly, so -1 for me to enable it >> by default. >> > > I remember debating this with you at Wroclaw. Is it more costly also > in situations where symbols are simple and have 1 layer each only? In > the case of multilayer symbols I would say 99% of the time I want > symbol levels on. I do quite a lot of training and the symbol levels > is something that a) new users struggle to comprehend and b) gets > forgotten as a detail after the training and then people come back to > me asking why their maps look funny. I think from a user friendliness > point of view, there would be a lot gained by enabling it by default > (performance issues notwithstanding). Maybe we should add it as > another item in our endless options panel (which I will reorganise in > Lisbon)? >
To clarify, above discussion relates to line symbols only. Regards Tim > Regards > > Tim > >> Martin >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > > > > -- > Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) > ============================================== > Please do not email me off-list with technical > support questions. Using the lists will gain > more exposure for your issues and the knowledge > surrounding your issue will be shared with all. > > Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: > * QGIS programming and support services > * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans > * FOSS Consulting Services > Skype: timlinux > Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net > ============================================== > -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. Using the lists will gain more exposure for your issues and the knowledge surrounding your issue will be shared with all. Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: * QGIS programming and support services * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans * FOSS Consulting Services Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ============================================== _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
