Re: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape can be extremely frustrating

Brynn/CR: I agree with you 100%. I can still remember when I first used it; it was so frustrating! It did not preform like you think it would. I also was just trying to use the eraser, but it did not erase part of the image like I thought it would. If I had a lot of extra money, I would probably just start using Adobe's Illustrator. Ken On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 1:48 AM C R <cajhne@...155...> wrote: > The problem is there is no agreed upon solution. But I think Inkscape > should never draw an invisible object anyway. > > Particularly, > > 1. If both fill and stroke are set to none, Inkscape should resort to the > Inkscape default setting of the bezier tool, which is black and white > without dashed lines. Drawing an invisible shape is an error. > > 2. If the user modifies the line width, and the line is set to "none", > Inkscape should set the colour of the line to the Inkscape default : black. > > I think this is a better solution than setting the default behaviour of > Inkscape to a bad workflow - users should not be getting used to having to > change the colour of the line and stroke each and every time they draw > something. It is not intuitive because when you draw in real life you pick > up a pen which is the colour you want and draw with it until you are done, > then choose another colour when you want a different one. > > > -C > > On Thu, 30 Aug 2018, 07:59 K B, <kmb999@...155...> wrote: > >> Hi, Brynn: >> Thank you for the Link about the Bug fix. Since Inkscape is free, maybe >> the creators >> are not very motivated to fix everything about it ? >> >> If it were a high price program like Adobe Illustrator, there would have >> enough money to >> pay programmers to fix it and make it better. >> >> Ken >> >> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:47 PM brynn <brynn@...3089...> wrote: >> >>> Some developers may remember a message I posted to the mailing lists >>> some time >>> ago, maybe a year or 2 ago, asking to have at least some of the tools >>> set for >>> Own Style (by default) rather than Last Used, to prevent this kind of >>> utter >>> confusion among new users. >>> >>> At first, on the mailing list, some developers sort of hijacked it into >>> their >>> own different project. >>> >>> But ultimately (in a bug report) one developer suggested a reasonable >>> solution. >>> See this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1704777 >>> >>> If anyone else (developers) could chime in on that solution, perhaps we >>> could >>> get it coded into one of the next new versions, and prevent this type >>> of >>> headache for new users? >>> >>> Thank you very much, >>> brynn >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: K B >>> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2018 10:30 PM >>> To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net >>> Subject: [Inkscape-user] Inkscape can be extremely frustrating >>> >>> >>> All I want to do to begin with is draw a simple Line Circle. (white >>> background >>> with white inside the circle). >>> >>> But instead it draws a dashed-rectangle with (4) little squares. Two >>> squares >>> are on the rectangle and the other two are outside. So, I go into: >>> Edit, >>> Preferences and the Circle it not even listed under Shapes! Crazy. >>> >>> Does anybody know what I should do? >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Inkscape-user mailing list >>> Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Inkscape-user mailing list >>> Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape-user mailing list >> Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user