Hi Peppe, Thanks for your input. We don't get enough of the user perspective on the list.
Regarding transferring styles, I would point out the very useful copy style and paste style functions in OpenJump. Also, in addition to Paul's efforts, I will be porting over SkyJUMP's Merge Task function which lets you create new tasks from old ones. I have also found that Java is the main setup problem for new users. I believe it is necessary to bundle the Java Runtime Environment, and to include a windows executable. regards, Larry On 6/26/07, Paul Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm currently working on a whole bunch of enhancements to the styling, > specifically around the concept of Theming layers by multiple attribute > values. Part of this is a framework to be able to define the filters to > select features to match. > > As part of this I have implemented a very simple way of loading a saved > style definition from a Tab Separated file with the style rules. I plan > to extend this to allow more "standard" approaches to style definitions > such as SLD, when I get to that point we can then create the save/load > style from file functionality. > > I'm just working on the UI aspects of defining the styles, hopefully > I'll have something to share soon, > Paul > > Giuseppe Aruta wrote: > > Dear Developers > > After using Openjump for a while I wrote some > > observations and ideas that I had (as user, not as > > developer). > > I do not want to open a discussion, and probabily some > > of these points have no "common feeling" or probabily > > always had answer. > > I want only to share with you my experience as > > newcomer in Openjump, and also the feeling I had from > > other people I bring to Openjump > > I write them in order of importance (my personal > > point of view, of coarse!) > > > > 1) Export display parameters of a layer to other > > projects. > > The displayed parameters of a dataset (colours of > > lines, polygons, fill, winth, etc) are saved only in > > the program file (.JMP). Neverthess, if people want to > > use the same dataset in a different project, they must > > setup again the displayes parameters. > > At the beginning I thought that "View>Tranform layer > > Style into SLID" was the function to use. I had to > > change my idea. > > A function in Openjump that saves displayed > > parameters of a dataset to, for example, a sepatate > > extra XML or TXT file, would be fine. This file wuold > > be used to display again the same parameters when the > > dataset is opened again in other projects > > I have no idea about the difficulties for developers > > to build this function. > > The proposal is to have two extra functions on Layer > > Menu: "Save Layer Properties to (?) file" and a "Load > > Layer Properties from (?) file". > > > > 2) Setup question. > > I started to suggest Openjump to my friends or > > students. > > The main difficulty I found with people is connected > > to Java machine. > > Some people do not setup well JAVA machine so > > Openjump does't work. > > Some other "Windows" people simply don't understand to > > "click on Openjum.bat" file to run Openjump. They > > expect the launcher on the desktop (and .bat still > > remember them the ol'good difficult DOS). > > I started to give people a version of Openjump 1.2B > > with Java embedded, similar to Openjump Merge. > > Proposal: I think it would be fine to have on the web > > site two versions of Openjump: a) one with setup and > > Java embedded for easy people, b) the second one - no > > java no stup - for smart people. > > > > 3)DXF/DWG > > Openjump is becoming, thanks to edit/drawing tools > > and SVG export, a good mapping software. A lot of > > mapping datas are in dwg format and some people cried > > the absence of a dxf/dwg import option. I always > > recomand them the good Michael's dxf plugin. > > Proposal: If Michael agrees, this plugin could be > > embedded in Openjump. > > Regarding dwg I image it is only a problem of time. > > > > 4) Save file observation. > > There is still some confusion for newcomers about the > > difference betwee "Save Datasets as file..." and "Save > > dataset as..". (See Michael and Uwe discussion in > > [JPP-Devel] Load/Save dataset design). > > I tried to point out in a help documentation I posted > > some weeks ago. Nevertheless there are still newcomers > > who use "Save dataset as.." ... and they forget the > > suffix! I belive, like Uwe, that it is important to > > have a suffix built automatically. > > > > 5) PostGIS > > I think it's time to transalte Uwe's Portgis tutorial > > in English (if Uwe agrees, of coarse) maybe integrated > > with how to use Orbiscad and Openjump together. > > Proposal: Does somebody thranslate from German to > > English (otherwise this summer I will try to refresh > > my scarse German with Uwe's documentation)? > > > > 6)Editing tools (not very seriuos!) > > It would be nice to have some editing tools in a > > "Inkscape-like" style. > > Examples, tranfering some editing tools on the mouse: > > a) one left-click mouse>edit/move object > > b) two left click mouse>edit/move verticles > > c) three left-click mouse>free rotation > > This probabiy makes Openjump editing tools more > > "international-ized" > > Is this something difficuld to build? > > > > > > Thanks for your attention > > > > Peppe > > > > > > > > ___________________________________ > > L'email della prossima generazione? 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