This is a follow up on my earlier post regarding copying object while retaining horizontal or vertical alignment.
I just figured that the easiest way to do this is to: 1) Copy object 2) Paste in place (from the edit menu) 3) then move the new object while holding the ctrl key
It is quite interesting to compare the xfig and inkscape interface. Although Inkscape is nowadays 100x better than xfig, the original xfig interface has some nice features with which you can do some things really quick (Maybe that is just because I am used to it. But to give just an example). For example, if you have a drawing and there is a whole bunch of objects that need to be copied, each to different place. In Xfig, you can just click the copy icon, and you are in copy mode. Every object you touch with your mouse+click will be copied. In Inkscape, or any other modern drawing program for that matter, you need to perform a couple of operation to each object. I wonder whether I am the only one whole likes these Xfig features.
hi gijsbert,
you could replace the first two steps with the edit-duplicate option (or use the ctrl-d shortcut).
john michaelson.
On 6/7/06, Gijsbert Stoet <stoet@...679...> wrote:
This is a follow up on my earlier post regarding copying object while retaining horizontal or vertical alignment.
I just figured that the easiest way to do this is to:
- Copy object
- Paste in place (from the edit menu)
- then move the new object while holding the ctrl key
It is quite interesting to compare the xfig and inkscape interface. Although Inkscape is nowadays 100x better than xfig, the original xfig interface has some nice features with which you can do some things really quick (Maybe that is just because I am used to it. But to give just an example). For example, if you have a drawing and there is a whole bunch of objects that need to be copied, each to different place. In Xfig, you can just click the copy icon, and you are in copy mode. Every object you touch with your mouse+click will be copied. In Inkscape, or any other modern drawing program for that matter, you need to perform a couple of operation to each object. I wonder whether I am the only one whole likes these Xfig features.
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On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 11:06:49AM -0500, Gijsbert Stoet wrote:
This is a follow up on my earlier post regarding copying object while retaining horizontal or vertical alignment.
I just figured that the easiest way to do this is to:
- Copy object
- Paste in place (from the edit menu)
- then move the new object while holding the ctrl key
It is quite interesting to compare the xfig and inkscape interface. Although Inkscape is nowadays 100x better than xfig, the original xfig interface has some nice features with which you can do some things really quick (Maybe that is just because I am used to it. But to give just an example). For example, if you have a drawing and there is a whole bunch of objects that need to be copied, each to different place. In Xfig, you can just click the copy icon, and you are in copy mode. Every object you touch with your mouse+click will be copied. In Inkscape, or any other modern drawing program for that matter, you need to perform a couple of operation to each object. I wonder whether I am the only one whole likes these Xfig features.
Could be especially useful for diagrammers. Why don't you search the feature requests to see if someone's already suggested this idea (or something similar), and if not, add one for it?
Bryce
On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 10:40:13 -0700, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...> wrote:
In Xfig, you can just click the copy icon, and you are in copy mode. Every object you touch with your mouse+click will be copied. In Inkscape, or any other modern drawing program for that matter, you need to perform a couple of operation to each object. I wonder whether I am the only one whole likes these Xfig features.
Could be especially useful for diagrammers.
Honestly, I think the various ways of doing that in Inkscape are almost all easier (e.g. multiple selection followed by control+d). I'd be opposed to adding a special tool mode just for copying, especially since we support stamping with the spacebar while dragging.
-mental
On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 10:40:13 -0700 From: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...> Reply-To: Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net To: Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] xfig like copying
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 11:06:49AM -0500, Gijsbert Stoet wrote:
This is a follow up on my earlier post regarding copying object while retaining horizontal or vertical alignment.
I just figured that the easiest way to do this is to:
- Copy object
- Paste in place (from the edit menu)
- then move the new object while holding the ctrl key
It is quite interesting to compare the xfig and inkscape interface. Although Inkscape is nowadays 100x better than xfig, the original xfig interface has some nice features with which you can do some things really quick (Maybe that is just because I am used to it. But to give just an example). For example, if you have a drawing and there is a whole bunch of objects that need to be copied, each to different place. In Xfig, you can just click the copy icon, and you are in copy mode. Every object you touch with your mouse+click will be copied. In Inkscape, or any other modern drawing program for that matter, you need to perform a couple of operation to each object. I wonder whether I am the only one whole likes these Xfig features.
Most users are baffled by these kinds of "modes". Vim may be popular amongst programmers but ordinary users regularly get trapped in Overwrite (as oppossed to Insert) mode and are left wondering how to get back out of it.
Could be especially useful for diagrammers. Why don't you search the feature requests to see if someone's already suggested this idea (or something similar), and if not, add one for it?
It could require great care to implement such a mode in a way which wouldn't trip up beginners.
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 07:11:01PM +0100, Alan Horkan wrote:
Could be especially useful for diagrammers. Why don't you search the feature requests to see if someone's already suggested this idea (or something similar), and if not, add one for it?
It could require great care to implement such a mode in a way which wouldn't trip up beginners.
No, I think mental's right. Existing functionality appears to come close enough to what the user is looking for, that it'll probably be possible to get equally good workflow, without needing to add a special copy mode.
Bryce
On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 11:24:10 -0700, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 07:11:01PM +0100, Alan Horkan wrote:
Could be especially useful for diagrammers. Why don't you search the feature requests to see if someone's already suggested this idea
(or
something similar), and if not, add one for it?
It could require great care to implement such a mode in a way which wouldn't trip up beginners.
No, I think mental's right. Existing functionality appears to come close enough to what the user is looking for, that it'll probably be possible to get equally good workflow, without needing to add a special copy mode.
For the record, I think Alan is right (too).
-mental
On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 11:06:49 -0500, Gijsbert Stoet <stoet@...679...> wrote:
This is a follow up on my earlier post regarding copying object while retaining horizontal or vertical alignment.
I just figured that the easiest way to do this is to:
- Copy object
- Paste in place (from the edit menu)
- then move the new object while holding the ctrl key
This seems simpler:
1) Duplicate object (control+d) 2) Control+drag the duplicate
You don't have to use any menus or mode buttons this way, and you don't even need to let go of the control key.
-mental
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