On Jan 24, 2008 7:25 PM, MenTaLguY <mental@...3...> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:49:44 +0000, Joel Holdsworth <joel@...1709... > wrote:
> >> Excellent.  I'd love to see that behavior as an option on the pencil
> >> tool's toolbar.
> >
> > You say that, but to me, I'm really worried about the number of switches
> > that inkscape is taking on. What icon could you use to explain a choice
> > between "use old jaggedy line interpolation" or "use new smooth
> > interpolation". IMHO, users just want the app to work right. The
> > switches seem to be being used as an excuse by us to dodge hard design
> > decisions.
>
> > I'd advise that we thoroughly test the new code, and see if we use any
> > functionality by loosing the old interpolator, then if there's no
> > significant loss, only gain, then replace the old with the new
> > permanently!
>
> I concur.

just as a side note since we're talking about the pencil tool. There
was a proposition to reuse the code from the calligraphy tool (at it
was done in SodiPodi). Maybe I am raising a delicate mater but I
personnally like very much this behavior and think it also produces
some smoother and more natural lines. This can (should?) be a toggle,
since the behaviors are so different (or a "mass" slider in which 0 is
current behavior).
What about this plan? Is there someone still thinking about it? Are
there some strong opinions about _not_ including it?

JiHO
http://jo.irisson.free.fr/