On 18/9/10 05:43, bulia byak wrote:
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 3:14 PM, ~suv <suv-sf@...58...> wrote:
Platform: Mac OS X 10.5.8, Xquartz 2.4.0, GTK+ 2.20.1 Hardware: MacBookPro 15.4" (late 2008) built-in Trackpad external USB Mouse (Logitech V450)
So, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't see anything actually pressure-sensitive in your setup?
Yes - no device with pressure-sensitivity attached. I mentioned it as part of the default setting (it is activated per default).
And, regardless of whether the values stuck or were reset, the fact that you attempted to set everything to Screen didn't break anything that worked before for you - is that correct?
Seems my previous tests haven't been comprehensive enough:
Default settings in the dialog (launching Inkscape after removing ~/.config/inkscape/preferences.xml):
- Tablet - pointer Disabled - pen Disabled - cursor Disabled - eraser Disabled - Core Pointer Screen [x] Use pressure-sensitive tablet
1) Changing 'pointer' to 'Screen' or 'Window' is not saved in the preferences.
2) Changing any or all of 'pen|cursor|eraser' to 'Screen' or 'Windows' _is_ read from as well as written to the preferences file and effectively _disables drawing_ on-canvas with any tool unless 'pointer' is set to 'Screen' too. The 'pointer' setting needs to be redone every time Inkscape is relaunched because is _not_ stored in the preferences.
3) The 'Core Pointer' is and stays set to 'Screen', but doesn't take effect if any or all of 'pen|cursor|eraser' are enabled.
4) If pressure sensitivity has been deactivated, drawing on-canvas with any tool works no matter what 'pen|cursor|eraser' have been set to.
It would be helpful for testing if there was a preferences file with the proposed new default settings we could use to test.
As far as I can tell: for MacBookPro's with built-in trackpads and no tablet attached it seems not recommended to set 'pen|cursor|eraser' to other default values than 'Disabled' _if_ pressure-sensitivity is (stays) enabled by default.
~suv