On 31/10/10 19:40, Krzysztof Kosiński wrote:
Looks like I have fixed it. As a bonus we get multiple shape editing (e.g. editing 4 rects and 2 ellipses at the same time) for free in the node tool. The shape tools still can't handle many shapes at once though, and there are no multi-shape features.
See rev. 9867 in trunk, 9708 in stable.
There's still the ruler redraw issue.
@Krzysztof - another question about the current state of the node tool:
In revision 9827 (trunk) as well as in the 0.48.x branch (r9685) you removed the feature to retract the handles of cusp nodes by applying the shortcut 'Shift+C' twice (or clicking on the 'Make selected nodes corner' button on the controls bar twice).
At the same time the keyboard shortcut to turn selected curve segments into line segments ('Shift L') is no longer supported in the new node tool [1]:
° The feature to retract the handles of all selected nodes was useful imho e.g. to quickly reset a curved path or to turn a selection of non-adjacent nodes into sharp corners. There is no real alternative for it: changing the segment type requires and thus affects at least two adjacent nodes, 'Ctrl-clicking' the handles for each node manually to retract it can be impracticable if the change is needed for a bigger selection of nodes in a complex path. But even to make two non-adjacent cusp nodes sharp, it now requires at least 4 (Ctrl+)clicks, possibly more if one needs to zoom in on each node or make the handles visible first.
° Since the shortcut 'Shift+L' also doesn't work, there is no way anymore to quickly 'simplify' or reset a path or selection of nodes by keyboard only (Ctrl+A Shift+L or Ctrl+A Shift+C Shift+C).
Personally I think this is a regression or loss of usability for the node tool. Was the reason to disable the feature to retract the handles of cusp nodes purely technical or do you think there is no need for this feature when node-editing complex paths? Can it be restored? What do others think about this change?
~suv
[1] Bug #532905 “Changing segment into line (Shift+L) doesn't work”: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/532905