Thank you for the response. I have discovered that Inkscape appears to work as it should on my laptop. So I am assuming the problem is with this computer. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the program a couple of times, but I get the same strange behavior with each reinstall. This computer uses the same operating system and has more RAM and faster operating speed. So I dunno. I will submit it as a bug. Could be the uninstaller isn't getting everything cleaned off, or there is some known conflict with some other program I have running. I'll see what they say. Thanks.

-Joe Ward

I haven't been able to reproduce this behaviour on my machine, but I would recommend submitting this as a bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape . You'll probably get a faster response that way because bugs are being monitored very actively right now. You will need to specify:

• which OS ?
• which version of Inkscape ?
• is it only the Star tool that causes a problem, do the other shapes like

ellipse work properly ?

• does this happen only with the map present, or do you have the same

problem on a blank sheet with no map ?

with respect to the pasting, it will always occur exactly where the mouse is, so if you just clicked on a menu item, then that's where you'll get the star. To control the position of the paste, try using control-V on the keyboard so you can have the mouse where you like.

Try reinstalling the mouse driver (what is the OS?)

-Rob A>

Thanks, Rob. It seems to be the Wacom tablet, something I didn't even think to mention. -Joe

Thanks. I'll see if that helps. -Joe

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Try reinstalling the mouse driver (what is the OS?)

-Rob A>

Thanks, Rob. It seems to be the Wacom tablet, something I didn't even

think to mention. -Joe

I vaguely remember having this same problem on Linux with a Wacom a few months back. If I remember correctly deleting $HOME/.inkscape fixed things, it wasn't a driver problem.

Good luck,

Jed

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Thank you, Aaron. I think I've determined that the problem is somewhere in this computer or in the install. It's not just the shape tool, unfortunately, but the text tool and other functions. I'm going to turn it in as a bug and hope it has popped up somewhere else. And meanwhile, I'll use Inkscape on my laptop, where it appears to work. -Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: Aaron Elmquist To: Inkscape User Community Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:54 AM Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Shape Tool

Joe this is probably a crappy hack, but it should work just the same.

1.. Draw a horizontal and vertical line through the point where you want the star.

2.. Use the align tool to align the object vertically to the horizontal line.

3.. Horizontally the object to the vertical line. I hope that helps.

Are you using a Wacom?

Ah. Yes I am. The light begins to don. Thanks. -Joe