Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units

Sorry I was unavailable for all this discussion the last couple of days. (just a bit out of sorts) I completely understand that everyone has different preferences for whatever project they use Inkscape to accomplish. I would say that as far as Inkscape is concerned, none should be considered better or more preferred than the other. I think it would be a mistake to force one or more user groups to always change their docs, or make their own special templates, just so that one or more other user groups can have convenience. Especially with this new system which is so confusing for many users. Inkscape should be made usable, equally as possible, for all user groups. The bottom line (at least for me) is that there is no way to satisfy everyones needs at the same time. What is needed is a simple way for users to choose and set their desired units, no matter which kind of document or template they want. Before 0.92, it was very, very simple, and easy to understand and easy to use. Now, it is not. If there is some reason related to Inkscape's being able to function at all, where mm Must be the default units, then please make Inkscape do all the work, so that the user only has to click once to change their units (as before). (Make Scaling silent.) However, I think it would be better to go back to the traditional system of px for the user units, where if a user wants to change their units, they just have to click once. it would be very nice to have px as the default template and let our users change units in the display as desired without any concerns regarding scale. Ditto! As a footnote, this is one of the many issues we are seeing with users not understanding the scale (it's an old topic where a new message was posted, starting here) http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=17182#p101060 Here, it seems setting the wrong scale is exaggerating the expected deformations of paths when using offsets. All best, brynn PS - I made the wishlist report, for what it's worth: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1719162 -----Original Message----- From: TylerDurden Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2017 9:46 PM To: inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units Yes, I also think so. I currently instruct all my Inkscape students at the local makerspace to create a custom default template with units=px and scale=1. Slide from the class: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/8ydap6q59dtne1i/Inkscape_Class_101-Default.png At the makerspace we regularly use px, imperial and metric; and output from Inkscape for print, CNC, laser, game design, web, CAD, and on, and on... So it would be very nice to have px as the default template and let our users change units in the display as desired without any concerns regarding scale. Thanks, TD -- Sent from: http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/Inkscape-Dev-f2781808.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel