On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Landon Blake wrote:

Inkscape Users,

I just downloaded Inkscape today. It looks like a really slick program, but I had a couple of questions.

(1) How do I snap the vertex of one line to the vertex of another line?

Object-to-object snapping isn't implemented. If I made a personal feature wishlist, this one would be at the top. :-)

(2) Do you set the color of a line in the fill/strokes dialog? (I seem to create a polygon when I try to add color to a line, and can only use black and white with the linear or radial gradient fills.)

Yes. Set the stroke color, rather than the fill color.

(3) How do you snap a vertex to a grid?

First make sure you have Snap To Grid checked on. Note that the snapping behavior is "fuzzy" - if you're near a grid line or a grid intersection it'll snap, but if you're more than a certain distance, it'll let you place it freely. You can adjust this fuzziness to get the desired snappiness; I often like to set it high so that points can only be set to grid points.

(4) Is Inkscape programmed in Java, or another language?

Inkscape is programmed in C/C++.

Bryce