Changes between Version 51 and Version 52 of wxGUIDevelopment/New_Startup

Timestamp:

Dec 5, 2019, 7:10:35 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

wenzeslaus

Comment:

Refine data catalog changes

wxGUIDevelopment/New_Startup

@@ -389 +389 @@
    * Add mechanisms to show WKT for new versions Proj.
 
+Location download functionality (possibly part of location wizard because of Page zero mentioned below):
+
+* Show something like data catalog but from a metadata file
+* Action there is downloading whole location
+
 Data catalog (no dependencies):
 
-* Add "set level" function to API to not load data
- * There needs to be a choice in context menu to load the data
-* Add "filter by item type" function to API to load or not load workspaces or show or nor show mapsets and locations
- * This needs to be specific for each subtree
-* Multiple buttons in the toolbar under the data catalog tree
- * Beginners can ignore
-* Show sample location to download in the data catalog
- * Challenge: Naming
-* Add multiple databases to data catalog
- * Button to add existing or new database
+* Another toolbar on the side
+ * This will be the common functionality between all places where data catalog is used.
+ * Beginners can ignore this one in startup, but useful for advanced users.
+* Load/show data button on the side
+ * Turned on by default in the Data tab
+ * Turned of by default and at every startup in the startup window.
+* A choice in context menu to load the data for part of the tree
+* Support multiple databases to data catalog
+* Add button to add existing or new database
 * New location action from context menu on a database node (#3578)
- * This needs a separate widget for selecting from options: EPSG, File, Download, Other
+ * This needs a separate widget or improved location wizard for selecting from options: EPSG, File, Download, Other
 * New mapset action from context menu on a location node (#3579)
 
-GUI (no dependencies):
+General GUI (no dependencies):
 
 * CLI parameters for g.gui:
@@ -412 +416 @@
  * To be used after new location created by the startup script
  * Either as flags (`-d -i`) or as an actions option (`actions=load-data,suggest-import`)
-* Collect recent mapsets (#3584), locations, databases (#572)
- * Certain number or just collect all ordered or with dates
- * Each level separately
-* Collect recent workspaces (#2604)
- * Certain number or just collect all ordered or with dates
-
-Data catalog changes which need "recent info" to be collected:
-
-* Filter in data catalog showing only recent (#3576)
-* Order in data catalog by time (most recent on top)
- * Also add button to filter alphabetically
-* All (previously saved) or recent workspaces shown in the startup window
+* Collect "recent info" and "used info"
+ * Collect N=5 recent mapsets (#3584)
+ * Collect N=5 workspaces (#2604)
+ * Collect all used databases (#572)
+ * Collect all used workspaces
+ * Mapset and database recorded at the same time when GRASS GIS is started or switched to a mapset.
+ * Workspace is recorded when opened or saved.
+ * Check if the item is already in the list.
+ * For the recent, when saving, read all, see if it is in the list, if yes, remove and put at the beginning/end (there is a wxPython API for that)
+ * At least on the level of API, recent and general settings can be the same or connected (so they can be the same in the background).
+
+Data catalog changes which need "recent info" and "used info" to be collected:
+
+* Filter in data catalog showing only recent items (#3576)
+* Show workspaces button
+ * All previously saved or opened
+ * Workspaces shown under corresponding mapset
+  * Requires to parse XML of each workspace file and extract the mapset (the parsing step may need to be done in parallel).
+  * Challenge: We need to emphasize somewhere that a workspace is "associated with a mapset", not "part of a mapset" since we are showing alongside the data which is stored in a mapset.
 
 Location wizard changes partially inter-depended with a set of new buttons in startup: