I would add the possibility to save Datastore query definitions inside JMP files along with "normal" layers. This would be _very_ useful, at least for me...
Also the Datastore API should be enhanced to support saving. Even a simple "Save To Datastore..." would be enough (a real _update_ would be great, but much more difficult to implement). But maybe OpenJUMP could use a wishlist... Does it already have one somewhere??? Bye Paolo Rizzi > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] conto di > Giuseppe Aruta > Inviato: martedì 26 giugno 2007 16.29 > A: List for discussion of JPP development and use. > Oggetto: [JPP-Devel] Using Openjump. Obsevations, Ideas, etc (Peppe) > > > 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? Puoi averla con la nuova > Yahoo! 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