Would _what_ work the same? As I wrote, the "object"/"user space" switch now has no immediate visible effect. It only has an effect on copy/paste style later, as far as I can see. So I plan to remove this switch. For now, please test creating your gradients in the userspace mode (with CVS version) and see if you can find an appreciable difference in rendering or behavior.
Sorry for not being clear... My question was, if you are working with [groups of/grouped] objects with gradient fills, would the object & userspace options (in the coordinates dropdown of the fill & stroke dialog) still behave the same? I just think we may be talking about different things that have the same name. (My example to try is further down)
A concern of mine was that it sounded like everything would be operating based on userspace, and I was worried it would muck up that coordinates option if I chose "object". Again, sorry for not being clear.
I tried your recommendation about the pasting styles and that works how I'd expect from your description. I'm using the latest build from cortijodelrio.net. So... not as up-to-date as CVS, and CVS may be a bit different. In the version I have what I'm talking about still works fine.
I can tell you I use both userspace and object for that option frequently.
What for (apart from pasting style)?
As above, working with grouped objects in the fill & stroke dialog (with that coordinates option).
Try this to achieve what I'm talking about so you can tell me if it will affect it.
1) Create multiple objects (like 6 or so), then select them all and group them.
2) Open fill & stroke dialog and choose either type of gradient for the fill. And in the coordinates dropdown, switch between userspace and object.
That's all I'm worried about... potentially changing that specific functionality by not using the bboxes. My concern is really because the description it gives in the fill dialog (via tooltip when you hover over the "object" option for coords), it mentions using the objects bounding box to perform that action.
I really hope that makes sense.
-Josh