bulia byak wrote:
On 12/27/05, Joshua A. Andler <joshua@...533...> wrote:
Simple... I like my snapping set very low when I use it, and I can then easily zoom in when I need to snap things.
You mean, you like it to snap only when zoomed in, but not when zoomed out? Why? But in any case, isn't it simpler to just hit # to turn grid off when you don't want to snap?
I guess that's the way it comes across... it just happens to be how I work with it. I don't use the grid, sometimes use guides, but the rest of the time I'm using the new node snapping stuff. Other than not using the grid, turning grid on and off would suffice if I didn't find the grid to be so visually irritating (yes... even temporarily... I can count on one hand how many time the grid has been turned on in Inkscape for me).
With the change to screen pixels as opposed to absolute units, I'd need to adjust the snapping frequently for it to be workable.
I still can't visualize workflow for which you may need different snapping distances depending on zoom. To me it looks like having different-sized mouse cursors depending on zoom :) Can you please give a more practical description of how you use it?
Most of my Inkscape use is for illustration/artwork as opposed to design or layout. In addition to that, my mind typically works in the way of absolute units. Absolute units make sense to me in terms of my document is 1600x1200px and when I'm zoomed in 500% the snapping pixels need to remain relevant to scale. It's partially a raster mindset I suppose, but most of the time my stuff is rasterized in the end and absolute pixels make sense to me when producing for the "screen" medium (as illustrated by my last sentence).
I'm not going to let this go the way of the HSV vs HSL thing, I didn't speak up then and lost out on what has always made the most sense to me in terms of color picking. I did talk to you about it a little after the fact, but it was too late by that point. Please just consider that different people have different workflows and different things make sense to them. What I find intuitive, you may not... and vice-versa. Therefore keeping it as an option is the better way to go in my opinion.
-Josh