Hi I have just started trying out SEXTANTE in QGIS and I really like the idea. A huge step forward and it provides some FME-like capabilities. When working a bit with SEXTANTE, a few ideas/issues have come up:
1 When trying to run v.buffer (and quite a few other tools as well), I get this error message: Ett fel har inträffat vid Pythonexekvering: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:/Users/Magnus/.qgis/python/plugins\sextante\gui\SextanteToolbox.py", line 104, in executeAlgorithm dlg = ParametersDialog(alg) File "C:/Users/Magnus/.qgis/python/plugins\sextante\gui\ParametersDialog.py", line 35, in __init__ self.ui.setupUi(self, alg) File "C:/Users/Magnus/.qgis/python/plugins\sextante\gui\ParametersDialog.py", line 56, in setupUi self.paramTable = ParametersPanel(self.alg, self.dialog) File "C:/Users/Magnus/.qgis/python/plugins\sextante\gui\ParametersPanel.py", line 38, in __init__ self.initGUI() File "C:/Users/Magnus/.qgis/python/plugins\sextante\gui\ParametersPanel.py", line 65, in initGUI widget = self.getWidgetFromParameter(param) File "C:/Users/Magnus/.qgis/python/plugins\sextante\gui\ParametersPanel.py", line 118, in getWidgetFromParameter layers = QGisLayers.getVectorLayers(param.shapetype) File "C:/Users/Magnus/.qgis/python/plugins\sextante\core\QGisLayers.py", line 33, in getVectorLayers uri = str(layer.source()) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xf6' in position 46: ordinal not in range(128) Python version: 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 15:08:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] QGIS version: 1.7.4-Wroclaw Wroclaw, 411aff6 Python sökväg: ['C:/Users/Magnus/.qgis/python/plugins\\sextante', 'C:\\Users\\Magnus\\.qgis\\python\\plugins\\cswclient', 'C:/PROGRA~2/GIS/QGIS/apps/qgis/./python', 'C:/Users/Magnus/.qgis/python', 'C:/Users/Magnus/.qgis/python/plugins', 'C:/PROGRA~2/GIS/QGIS/apps/qgis/./python/plugins', 'C:\\PROGRA~2\\GIS\\QGIS\\bin\\python27.zip', 'C:\\PROGRA~2\\GIS\\QGIS\\apps\\Python27\\DLLs', 'C:\\PROGRA~2\\GIS\\QGIS\\apps\\Python27\\lib', 'C:\\PROGRA~2\\GIS\\QGIS\\apps\\Python27\\lib\\plat-win', 'C:\\PROGRA~2\\GIS\\QGIS\\apps\\Python27\\lib\\lib-tk', 'C:\\PROGRA~2\\GIS\\QGIS\\apps\\qgis\\bin', 'C:\\PROGRA~2\\GIS\\QGIS\\apps\\Python27', 'C:\\PROGRA~2\\GIS\\QGIS\\apps\\Python27\\lib\\site-packages', 'C:\\PROGRA~2\\GIS\\QGIS\\apps\\Python27\\lib\\site-packages\\PIL', 'C:\\PROGRA~2\\GIS\\QGIS\\apps\\Python27\\lib\\site-packages\\win32', 'C:\\PROGRA~2\\GIS\\QGIS\\apps\\Python27\\lib\\site-packages\\win32\\lib', 'C:\\PROGRA~2\\GIS\\QGIS\\apps\\Python27\\lib\\site-packages\\Pythonwin', 'C:\\PROGRA~2\\GIS\\QGIS\\apps\\Python27\\lib\\site-packages\\wx-2.8-msw-unicode', 'C:\\Users\\Magnus\\.qgis\\python\\plugins\\fTools\\tools', 'C:\\Users\\Magnus\\.qgis\\python\\plugins\\mmqgis/forms'] 2 When hovering with the mouse over a tool in the toolbox, how about showing a short explanation on what the tool does? 3 When defining folders, such as the Saga folder, how about using a file window instead of a blank space for entering the path? This seems easier to me. 4 A lot of windows, such as the ftools – Centroids, seem to use a lot of space for no reason. I think that they should be as small as possible. 5 Quite a few buttons, such as the About SEXTANTE – Close, seem much to large. 5 The help button, the ”?”, doesn´t seem to provide any additional information. Is this planned? Otherwise, I think that it should be removed. 6 I see quite a few abbreviations, such as ”src filename”, ”maxdist”, ”hspacing” and ”patval”. To me, this can be confusing in some cases, and I think that the full text should be provided. Not sure if this is defined in the tool and outside of SEXTANTE. 7 When trying to add a tool in the modeller and there is a parameter values missing, the missing values should be highlighted to guide the user. 8 The user should be able to inspect/edit added components in the modeller, using for example a double click or a right click. 9 I would like to see some undo/redo functionality in the modeller. 10 Modeller: When shifting between ”Design” and ”Python code”, the view in ”Design” is sometimes shifted. I use QGIS 1.7.4 and SEXTANTE 1.0.4 on Win Vista 64 bit. Regards, Magnus -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/SEXTANTE-a-few-ideas-issues-tp4902812p4902812.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
