Johan Engelen-4 wrote
On 28-5-2012 10:19, LucaDC wrote:
John Smith wrote
Is there a reason for the differences between the UI for Grid and Guides ?
Is there a reason for not having such difference? Guides are not grids. They can also have different colors. :)
Grids can have individual different colors too. ;-)
Sure, I intended that guides can have different colors than grids... :) Anyway, it was a joke: I think that people tend to consider grids and guides as being almost the same because they are both straight, thin, infinite, used for snapping and have the same color. But, indeed, the use cases of either are quite different. I was just trying to point this out.
Johan Engelen-4 wrote
The created grid is not random. The default grid parameters can be set in the Inkscape preferences dialog. It is very convenient and time saving to create a default grid when pressing '#' for the first time. So we should keep the "Menu "View->Grid" shows grids, and creates grid if there is no grid" behavior.
That's right, I know it's not random. I intended that for any user that has never defined a grid by himself, the default parameters could seem "random" in the sense that someone else has chosen them and they could be far from what the user wanted. What I was proposing, in order to highlight the features of grids, is not to define a default grid but, instead, prompt the user with the defaults definition page (if they have not been defined yet), so he'll learn what he can do and set the default parameters to what makes him happy. I don't think that someone that has never set an Inkscape grid in his life will press '#' expecting a grid to be shown. :) Of course I agree about creating a grid if the default parameters have already been set.
Luca
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