History

See Manual_Writing for manual contribution procedure.

Improvements / Ideas (to be discussed)

  • create html user manual aside from pdf manual - see ManualLightweightVersion
  • consider Wiki Book /Wiki for QGIS documentation
    • Wouldn't that duplicate the necessary work havening both a Latex created PDF and a Wiki? --Anitagraser 16:35, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
  • Improve plugin documentation

Updates QGIS 1.7 User Guide

Here you find a list of svn commits that show features and updates need to / should be included in the QGIS documentation version 1.7. The best procedure for each contributor might be to figure out which features are part of their sections. Sometimes features appear in more than one section. Please add a done with your initial when it is updated in the manual i.e. . For this list we used svn log -r14531:? - which is branch 1.7 was created. Please also recheck, if all features listed in the tables below are integrated, because we haven't signed them as checked yet. Also be aware, that for this release the QGIS GUI was revised, so there are many features where text and image have to be changed.

Add option to turn on / off printing of canvas item in composer map (ticket #2734) 8 [done:od]
Offline editing plugin: add option to filter editable remote layers using capabilities 3 [done:od]
Plugin Installer update. New features: Upgrade All button, plugin count in the window title 9 [done:od]
refactored the addvector, addraster and selectmapset GUI for the GRASS plugin 7 [done:od]
improve delimited text plugin ui and allow skipping lines 10 [done:od]
moved "oracle raster" plugin to the Database menu 4 [done:od]
Show more user friendly CRS in vector props dialog 6 [done - ra]
created the Raster menu and moved the "raster calculator" to it 4 [done:od]
Implementation of composer undo / redo 8 [done:od]
integrate 'Avoid intersections of new polygons' into snapping dialog 3 [done:od]
Applied patch from ticket #3240 with some tweaks. Allows unprojected measurement of distances 3 [done:od]
Option to print as raster also via WMS (mainly as a workaround because of some Qt pdf problems 5 [done:od]
Removed quick print plugin 10 [done:od]
Removed ogr converter: 1. its not maintained 2. its mostly duplicated by the layer save as... option. 10 [done:od]
For global crs option show nice user friendly name instead of proj4 string 3 [done:od]
FEATURE: Select default CRS for new projects. 3 [done:od]
added raster creation in rasterize tool 4 [done:od]
sync srs.db with PROJ 4.7 6 [done - ra]

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Updates QGIS 1.6 User Guide

Here you find a list of svn commits that show features and updates need to / should be included in the QGIS documentation version 1.6. The best procedure for each contributor might be to figure out which features are part of their sections. Sometimes features appear in more than one section. Please add a done with your initial when it is updated in the manual i.e. . For this list we used svn log -r13692:14531 - which is branch 1.6 was created. Please also recheck, if all features listed in the tables below are integrated, because we haven't signed them as checked yet. Also be aware, that for this release the QGIS GUI was revised, so there are many features where text and image have to be changed.

Added gpsd support to live gps tracking. 2.10 [done:od]
Raster calculator. 2,4 [done:od]
Many improvements and new operators to the field calculator including field concatenation, row counter etc. 3.7 [done: ag]
Added --configpath option that overrides the default path (~/.qgis) for user configuration and forces QSettings to use this directory, too. This allows users to e.g. carry QGIS installation on a flash drive together with all plugins and settings. 1.3 [done:od]
WFS-T support. Additionally ported wfs to network manager. 5.4 [done:od]
Georeferencer has had many tidy ups and improvements. 10.8 [done:od]
Select feature and measure toolbar flyouts and submenus. 2 [done:od]
Support has been added for non-spatial tables (currently OGR, delimited text and PostgreSQL providers). These tables can be used for field lookups or just generally browsed and edited using the table view. 3 [done:od]
Added reload method to map layers and provider interface. Like this, caching providers (currently WMS and WFS) can synchronize with changes in the datasource 5
When writing vector files using the table of contents context menu's 'Save as' option, you can now specify OGR creation options. 3 [done:od]
In the table of contents, it is now possible to select and remove or move several layers at once. 2.2.3 [done:wm]
Three new classification modes added to graduated symbol renderer (version 2), including Natural Breaks (Jenks), Standard Deviations, and Pretty Breaks (based on pretty from the R statistical environment). 3 [done: ag]
Data-defined rotation and size for categorized and graduated renderer (symbology-ng). 3 [done: ag]
Use size scale also for line symbols to modify line width. 3 [done: ag]
Added ability to interactively select pixels from the canvas to populate the transparency table in the raster layer properties dialog. 4 [done:od]
Allow creation of color ramps in vector color ramp combo box. 3 [done: ag]
Added 'style manager...' button to symbol selector so that users will find the style manager more easily. 3 [done:bz]
add capability to show and manipulate composer item width/ height in item position dialog. 8 [done:od]
Composer items can now be deleted with the backspace key. 8 [done:od]
Sorting for composer attribute table (several columns and ascending / descending). 8 [done:od]
Several GRASS updates: v.db.what.connect, g.proj.wkt, v.kernel 7 [done:od]
add qgis mapserver 5.3 [done:od
enable numerical sorting and automatic updates of gcp list 10.8 [done:od]
add the ability to move GCPs in the qgis canvas 10.8 [done:od]
Allow users to e.g. carry QGIS installation on a flash drive together with all plugins and settings. 1.3 [done:od]
Use size scale also for line symbols to modify line width.
gis theme icons for annotation tools 2.8 [done:ag]
Replace full list of GRASS modules in Appendix with a link to the GRASS wiki page. Appendix B [done:ms]

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Updates QGIS 1.5 User Guide

Here you find a list of svn committs that show features and updates need to / should be included in the QGIS documentation version 1.5. The best procedure for each contributor might be to figure out which features are part of their sections. Sometimes features appear in more than one section. Please add a done with your initial when it is updated in the manual i.e. . For this list we used svn log -r12490:13691 - which is after feature freeze. Please also recheck, if all features listed in the tables below are integrated, because we haven't signed them as checked yet. Also be aware, that for this release the QGIS GUI was revised, so there are many features where text and image have to be changed.

Display warning in node tool if it couldn't find any features 3 X [od]
new symbology, enable via Options 2,3 X [od] X
write something about context help Foreword/2 X [anne] X
describe text annotation to map canvas 2,3 X [od]
Use cross by default as editing vertex marker 2 X [od] X
Switch position of add and show button in composer manager 8 X [od]
measure angle tool (r12663) 2 X [anne] X
added support for advanced options and example use in v.out.ascii 7 X [od]
composer attr tables (r12682) 8 X [od]
Added gps tracker widget ? X
Refactored capturetool to capturemode and fixed some compile errors 10.x X [od]
new oracle raster connection dialog. 10.13 X [od] X
Show labels from labeling plugin also in map composer (though not scaled correctly) 8 X [od]
Update georeferencer from gislab SVN, which adds GCP table with errors, new user interface 10.x X [od]
Georeferencer: support custom projection strings. Fixes #2464. 10.x X [od] X
Georeferencer: Implement resampling with user-specified target resolution (enhancement request #2447). 10.x X [od] X
BBOX option for wfs 5 X [sholl] X
Join attributes tool now supports both dbf and csv files. 10.6 X [od] X
show feature count in attribute table title 3 X [od]
Save path for svg texture absolute or relative 3 X [od]
vector layer saving in editing mode 3 X [od]
projection search improvements 6 X [od] X
wms scale slider 5 X [sholl]
Show composer manager as top window after showing composer instance 8 X [od]
Implementation of the "Add New Spatialite Layer/Database" feature. 3 X [od] X
Changed shortcut key for creating new spatialite layer/database to Ctrl+Shift+A (previous value conflicted with existing shortcut) 3 X [od]
allow creation of multiple layers in spatialite creation dialog 3 X [od]
spatial query plugin 12.x? X
Drag and drop support for composer legend model 8 X [od]
Move Martins labeling-ng from plugin to core/app 3 X [od] X
change map unit in project dialog when user selects a new crs 6 X [od]
add GdalTools plugin 12.x X (micha) X
Add google earth plugin 12.x X

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Updates QGIS 1.4 User Guide

Here you find a list of svn committs that show features and updates need to / should be included in the QGIS documentation version 1.4. The best procedure for each contributor might be to figure out which features are part of their sections. Sometimes features appear in more than one section. Please add a done with your initial when it is updated in the manual i.e. . For this list we used svn log -r11642:12489. Please also recheck, if all features listed in the tables below are integrated, because we haven't signed them as checked yet. Also be aware, that for this release the QGIS GUI was revised, so there are many features where text and image have to be changed.

rotate point tool (r11671) 5 [done od]
Round rotation to 15 degree values if ctrl-key is pressed 5 [done od]
attribute table: report number of matching rows in status bar 5 [done od]
Show point symbol in rotation preview and a little arrow. 5 [done od]
Possibility to suppress attributes pop-up in digitising tab 5 [done od]
Cache is default preview mode for newly added composer map now 10 [done od]
Usability improvements to the new vector layer dialog 5 [done od]
Remove confusing descriptions in the Options dialog 5 JDG ?
Inject a bit of layman into field names to help those not familiar with computer terms 5 JDG ?
Use snapping settings of digitizing module also for measuring -5-4 [done od]
field calculator (r11735) 5 [done od] X
User interface cleanups to copyright, delim text and n-arrow plugins 12.x [done od] X
plugin installer update: handle ports != 80 11 [done od]
Add export to pdf to composer menu 10 [done od] X
Possibility to have annotations horizontally or vertically in the composer grid 10 [done od]
Grid annotation can be with coordinates or 1A, 1B, ... 10 [done od]
Checkbox to set composer grid widget visible / invisible 10 [done od]
Allow field calculator also for layers where adding new fields is not possible (user will have to use one of the existing fields) 5 [done od]
support user specific svg path in the map composer -5-10 [done od] X
Possibility to choose the precision of composer grid annotations 10 [done od]
Possibility to add/remove attributes also in attribute table. Small modification to attribute table such that adding / removing columns is visible 5 [done od] X
Move composers menu into the file [done od]menu 4 [done od]
Use horizontal layout for interp plugin 12.x [done od]
change 'Tools' menu to 'Vector' menu 12.x [done od] X
Further ui cleanups for map composer 10 [done od] X
mapserver patch issues and updates for mapserver export plugin 12.x
Added 50 more North arrow, made and donated by Silvio Grosso 10 [done od]
Add save to / load from template actions to composer file menu 4, 10 [done od]
Added newgis theme which is a revision by Anita Graser of the original GIS theme by Robert 1 [done od] X
north arrow cleanup 12.x [done od]
Layout cleanups for actions widget 5 [done od]
Symbology-NG branch merged to trunk. This includes also work on labeling done during my GSoC'09 5 [done od] XX
labeling plugin 12.x [done od] X
Add a new composer item to draw basic shapes (atm ellipse, rectangle, triangle) 10 [done od]
Vector layer properties dialog can convert layer to new/old symbology 5 [done od]
shapefile projection fix: save the real projection in .qpj next to the .prj file 5 [done od]
Added AGG output format to mapserver export 12.x
Configure shortcuts dialog 1, 4 [done od] X
Make labeling plugin work with on-the-fly projections 5 [done od]
also remove highlights when identify results is closed with the close button 5 [done od]
Plugin installer update: one-step plugin install and uninstall in QGIS>=1.4 11 [done od]

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Updates QGIS 1.3 User Guide

Here you find a list of svn committs that show features and updates need to / should be included in the QGIS documentation version 1.3. The best procedure for each contributor might be to figure out which features are part of their sections. Sometimes features appear in more than one section. Please add a done with your initial when it is updated in the manual i.e. . Note that these features, in addition to the features from 1.2 that have yet to be added to the manual must be considered.

reshape tool (r11500).
Fix for uninitialised variable in interpolator and for possible division by zero.
include raster terrain analysis in debian package.
Add a "cancel all" button when searching for missing files after opening a project..
Added grass and nograss clauses.
Put no grass into installer package name.
don't close wms layer dialog after addition and allow naming of layers.
Moved non-gui related raster terrain classes to analysis branch.
add analysis library.
improve relative path support.
multilayer identify: also report layer name.
OSM plugin & provider update from Lukas Berka:.
Added buffering method to qgsgeometryanalyzer.
Expand feature attributes by default.
multi layer identify.
snapping in measurement tool.

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Updates QGIS 1.2 User Guide

Here you find a list of svn committs that show features and updates need to / should be included in the QGIS documentation version 1.2. The best procedure for each contributor might be to figure out, which features are part of their sections. Sometimes features appear in more than one section. Please add a done with your initial when it is updated in the manual i.e. .

Applied patch from ticket #1522 for Zoom Next functionality. done cf
New GRASS shell yes
New "advanced" editing toolbar. 5 done od yes
Moved add island and add ring tools to advanced digitizing toolbar. 5 done od
New feature: configure shortcuts for actions within main window of qgis! (See menu Setting->Configure shortcuts) done cf yes
Possibility to lock/unlock composer item position by right mouse click 10 done od
Keep width and height of the composer map fixed if user sets the composer map extent to the map canvas extent
Applying patch from ticket #1714: adds option to perform geoprocessing and basic statistics functions on selected features
Added the possibility to change the order of layers in the WMS dialog
Show SSL modes also when adding new DB connection
Make saving of relative paths of file data sources optional
New functionality for merging features 5 done od yes?
Integrates add, move and delete vertex tools for faster editing.
Change layer's icon in legend to reflect that the layer is editable
There are undo/redo actions in Edit menu, in Advanced digitizing toolbar 5 done od yes!
New dock widget displaying undo stack of active layer.
Move split feature tool to advanced digitize toolbar 5 done od
Added new edit type for attributes that are not recommended to change
Added the possibility to view informations about regions into the browser of the GRASS plug-in to fix ticket #1624.
Node tool now works also with on the fly projections turned on. 5 done od
evis plugin (r10995); done cf yes?
All providers should have now correctly set capability for fast access to features by id (SelectAtId). Until now, attribute table was using memory model for Postgres provider (i.e. very slow open). From now it uses the "good" model, so the attribute table opens much faster. yes?
Optionally allow adding postgis table addition with double click and extended selection of tables (fixes #1801)
Added support for topology editing in node tool 5 done od
Fixed for simplify tool, show a message if the feature can't be simplified. 5 done od
Additionally added a dialog for loading value map from a layer (could be aspatial table too!)
Add export to PDF to composer 10 done od yes
FEATURE: possibility to add line layers as constrains for triangulation in interpolation plugin plugins done cf yes
New Feature: Add osm plugin (r11210) yes
osm plugin: fixed a problem with raster layers
FEATURE: possibility to save the triangulation to shape file (but needs a bit more error checking and polishing)
Update coding.tex and install.tex in the coding and installation guide and in the wiki done od

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Note: In general important new features should be added to chapter "1.1. features" and 4 "Features at a glance"

Updates QGIS 1.1 User Guide

Here you find a list of svn committs that show features and updates need to / should be included in the QGIS documentation version 1.1. The best procedure for each contributor might be to figure out, which features are part of their sections. Sometimes features appear in more than one section. Please add a done with your initial when it is updated in the manual i.e. .

  • Plugin Installer polishing, updates, new repositories for the 1.x
  • add usb: to list of gps device on linux [in Forward, ag also in gps plugin chap: cf]
  • Added open WMS search interface from Mathias Walker [sh]
  • display layer name for WMS layers instead of server to distinguish several layers from the same WMS
  • WMS: don't apply proxy to a list of selected urls. Done in QgsHttpTransaction::applyProxySettings so WFS & co can later also use this function. Not tested yet and still needs some cleanups
  • For WMS layers: combine the transparency of WMS and the layer transparency
  • Added gis grass icon theme [generic theme change, covered]
  • Added svg symbols from Matt Amos (with his permission)
  • mapserver export: fixed i18n problems, fixed continuous color renderer export [no need to mention explicitly]
  • initial commit of ftools [now in list of core plugins: cf]
  • merge of advanced printing branch 2 [added all new features: od]
  • Write a world file when creating a screenshot so that it is georeferenced [done AG - chap. 1 forward]
  • Apply proxy settings also for WFS [sh]
  • Show a progress dialog for wfs if there is a main window
  • Removed members of httptransaction that are no longer needed
  • fix error in adding output to mapcanvas & ability to create grid coverage of current zoom level
  • Add a second PNG in case UMN mapserver offers image/png and image/png; mode=24bit
  • Dodo-ification of graticule plugin in favour of ftools plugin which is now in svn [graticule plugin as been removed from list of core plugins: cf]
  • improved handeling of postGIS layers [added to PostgreSQL chapter - ce]
  • updates to geoprocessing [not sure what this refers to]
  • Add a list of most recently used projections to Project Properties [added to 'working with projections' chapter: cf]
  • New georeferencer from GIS-Lab [covered in plugins section: cf]
  • Allow continuous color rendering also for point symbols [no need to mention explicitly]
  • Added EPSG to the quick CRS button [covered in above work: cf]
  • skip labels with size <=0 - otherwise the size is ignored [no need to mention explicitly]
  • Add the option to print maps as rasters [added to print composer: od]
  • add missing postgres provider to optional plugins target
  • added panning with mouse wheel when digitizing [added to vector editing section: od]
  • remove old gridmaker plugin [covered in above work: cf]
  • Ftools: don't consider nan vertices for interpolation [not important to mention]
  • Ftools: add two new tools - polygon from layer extent - delaunay triangulaltion [not important to mention]
  • Ftools: changes to menu item - sampling tools -> research tools [not important to mention]
  • New GRASS modules to convert loaded rasters and vectors [updated in GRASS module list: od]
  • Removing GRASS duplicate modules in default [updated in GRASS module list: od]
  • Changes in openvector dialog to support all drivers available in ogr including database and protocol drivers (Changes in "load vector layer") [added - ce]
  • New attribute table! [added chapter - ce]
  • plugin installer and the fTools are now enabled by default as core plugins [mentioned in above work: cf]
  • icon themes support for the mapserver_export plugin [no need to mention]
  • Hide / show vector layer editing tool based on context of layer type and editing status [no need to mention]
  • Gui cleanups for coordinate capture - dont use a toolbar icon, rather use a button in the dock. [no need to mention]
  • supporting the SpatiaLite Data Provider [added chapter - ce]
  • fix feature count in postgres provider
  • added icon for plugin installer in plugin manager
  • fix for georeferencing with linear transformation [no need to mention]
  • make SSL mode of PostgreSQL connections configuable [added to PostgreSQL chapter - ce]
  • Added possibility to express tolerances for digitising also in pixels in addition to map units. [worked into chap 5 editing - ce]
  • internal sqlite3 was replaced with spatialite
  • make sslmode optional
  • Added vector overlay branch to overaly vector layers with diagrams [added to list of core plugins, also see discussion on community-list: cf]
  • Allow moving of single points to use snapping [no need to mention]

Note: In general important new features should be added to chapter "1.1. features" and 4 "Features at a glance"