Hei Geoff, at some point we definitevly need to port your adhancements to the core. But up to now I was not sure if you want that (for maintenance reasons)
stefan Larry Becker schrieb: > Hi Geoff, > > I've played around with offset distance and HTML formatting on > labels too. Perhaps we'll get there. I am changing the code base a > little at a time to judge the response and keep backward compatibility > with project files. > > regards, > Larry Becker > > On 8/23/07, Geoffrey G Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dear Larry >> >> I am pleased to see an interest in improving the label style. In my >> vertexsymbol plugin I have created an additional label option that has a >> range of formatting options, like centre, and 8 compass positions from >> the vertex. It is also possible to set the offset distance (in my case >> to match the vertex symbol size, or manually). I have also provided an >> option to allow (HTML) formatted text to make String type labels more >> interesting. >> >> --- These are just thoughts for the built-in label style. It would be >> good to see these type of capabilities available in the core. >> >> Geoff >> >> >> Larry Becker wrote: >>> I'm going to be making some major improvements to the Label Style. Is >>> anyone else working in this area? >>> >>> The improvements will be: >>> >>> 1. Support for halo text. A halo is a surrounding outline in a >>> contrasting color to improve readability when using a mixed dark and >>> light background such as raster images. >>> >>> 2. Support for hiding text below a specified scale. This makes it >>> possible to stop text from rendering when zoomed out too far to >>> actually read, but still display the geometry. >>> >>> 3. Support for horizontal alignment of text. (Left, Center, and Right >>> justify) >>> >>> regards, >>> Larry Becker >>> >> -- >> Dr Geoffrey G Roy >> Cadplan >> 129 Gloster Street, Subiaco WA 6008 >> Tel: (08) 9381 4870 Fax: (08) 9382 4459 >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.cadplan.com.au >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Jump-pilot-devel mailing list >> Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
