Re: [Inkscape-devel] Freehand drawing tool

they might have the handles lined up, but that doenst make them smooth nodes, if you move one handle, the other doesnt move too. smooth nodes would be squares instead of diamonds (different again from symmetric)

As I explained in this thread, this is a problem with the node editor, not with freehand tool. You might want to file a bug for it, or try to fix it yourself (it's simple; when loading the path into SPNodepath, just consider the node smooth if its handles are collinear and there is no sodipodi:nodetypes).