On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:42:50 -0400, bulia byak wrote:
Now that the Eraser tool is in SVN for quite some time, what do people think of it? Is it useful? In what mode do you use it, if at all?
Disclaimer: as you may remember I was against this tool from the beginning, considering it redundant. Its Delete mode is equivalent to Alt+drag followed by Del in Selector, and its Cut mode is now equivalent to Alt+drag in Calligraphic pen which I just added:
- When drawing with <b>Alt</b>, Inkscape <b>subtracts</b> the path you
have created from the selected path (with <b>Shift</b>, it adds to the selected path). This allows you to quickly patch or fix problems in a stroke you have drawn without leaving the tool.
So, do we really have to spend the prime toolbar space on a tool which does what other tools already do?
In a post I made to this mailing list recently enough not to have any reply yet, naive new user (me) asked for precisely a way to erase part of a path ajd redraw it freehand.
I never dreamed I'd have to look at a calligraphy tool for this. From this thread, it looks like that may be the right tool. I was on the verge of going back to paper and pencil and scanner. In any case, I think I'll have to find some documentation how to use this.
Or am I wrong? Is this not the way?
By the way, I didn't find the eraser tool on the inkscape I'm using (in Debian lenny, and therefore probably out of date)
-- hendrik