[Gvsig_english] The Printing Issue: The "definitive" wish and development list ; )

[Benjamin Ducke]

I would like to add one more wish regarding labels: no matter how smart
the collision detection algorithm, I think there will always be a 
situation when one needs to use "break-out" labels, i.e. labels that are
placed some distance from the object and connected via a graphical line:

   "Label"
	\	
         \
          \
     +----------+
     |          |
     |          |
     +----------+

I am not sure how to best implement this, but I imagine the easiest way
would be to add them to the map layout. It might be good enough if the 
user could just grab any label and drag it to another place, 
automatically creating the connecting line (might want to have options 
to control the line style and colour, though).

Ben

Wolfgang Qual wrote:
> Hi Marcel,
> the north arrow in 2.0 devel can be already linked to the view -
> therfore, this issue seems to be solved. Hein?
> 
>> 1) Printing bugs
>> 1.1) wms-layer is not exported when printing to pdf
>> 1.2) printing size of labels different from size of labels in view /
>> layout 
>> (map)
>> 1.3) labels are not drawn on the map (Rory Hill, 6.6.08)
>> 1.4) transformed labels of annotation layer are not drawn (6.6.08,
>> Silvio 
>> Grosso)
>> 1.5) printing to ps/pdf (large map) resulted in a uncomplete ps/pdf-file
>> - even with quite some memory (25.7. Wolfgang Q)
>> 1.6) North arrows (svg) loose quality when map is exported to pdf
>> 1.7) all fonts should be embedded into ps/pdf-file (are they???)
>> 1.8) elements of map are deleted when typing in name of output
>> ps/pdf-file 
>> (Wolfgang, 16.10) -- known bug. When will it be resolved?
>> 1.9) background colour in view (defined in preferences) is lost when
>> exporting map to ps/pdf (Silvio, 24.10)
>>
>> 2) Development of printing module
>> 2.1) Possibility to create printfiles ready for professional printing
>> (pdf/x-3 
>> etc.)
>> 2.2) Possibility to export to eps-format with different resolution (300,
>> 600 
>> dpi) 
>> 2.3) Export map to image format
>> 2.3.1) tiff (best quality, compression yes/no
>> 2.3.1) jpg, png
>> 2.4) export map to vector format
>> 2.4.1) svg
>> 2.5) allow export of components of the map (not only the whole layout)
>> 2.6) add functionality to add graticules and coordinates around the map
>> (like in grass, gmt?)
>> 2.6.1) Possibility to add multiple graticules to map (layout) - (Marcel,
>> 5.10)
>> 2.7) Possiblility to draw lines with arrow-peaks (Silvio, 24.10) comment
>> Wolfgang: this should go into another section: symbology!
>> 2.8) shortcuts for tools in Map- and View- Mode. Possibility to add
>> custom shortcuts (silvio)
>> 2.9) add custom svg-symbols to symbol-library (the new one; @silvio: I
>> have found a page with svg(?)-symbols for trees etc. Is it from you? -->
>> http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/simboli ???)	
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 3) What we have to test:
>> 3.1) try to load eps-files (big ones) into
>> 3.1.1) scribus
>> 3.1.2) sk1
>> 3.2) test svg-import in scribus, check known issues
>> and make printfile (pdf/x-3) out of it. Report your findings to the
>> list 
>> (stability of DTP program, is it an alternative to 2.1?)
>> 3.3) import ps/pdf-files into scribus and report known issues (labels
>> and 
>> outlines were not drawn in my case, import took very long)
>> 3.4) clearify colour profile issue with ps/pdf - is colour profile
>> mechanism 
>> needed for ps/pdf export
>> 3.5) alternatives to sk1/scribus for converting eps/ps to pdf/x-3 etc. 
>> ("professional printout file"): pdf-edit??? (silvio grosso, 15.10)
>> 3.6) alternatives to scribus/sk1 for final map layout:
>> 3.6.1) inkscape (but how to handle fact, that file can only be exported
>> to 
>> png-file), plus: svg seems not to be accepted in the professional
>> world... 
>> (Marcel, 15.10.)
>>      what about colour definition and svg?
>> 3.6.2) GIMP (but where to export to: ps, eps, ...)
>> 3.7) Test new symbology of coming gvSIG 2.0: which issues remain? Which
>> can be 
>> done even better (please keep on testing devel-version)
>> 3.8) check svg-import in software like scribus and export that to
>> "known" 
>> printout file (pdf). issues?
>>
>>
>> Best, Wolfgang
>>
>>
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