RE: [XaraXtreme-dev] inquiry: pencil tool development

["stu seven" <stuseven@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

    Alex / Charles -  Thanks to both of you for your quick and
meaningful replies regarding the "freehand tool"... I'll be busy
playing with these previously unseen features tonight !



> From: "Charles Moir" <CharlesM@xxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [XaraXtreme-dev] inquiry: pencil tool development
> Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 20:07:50 +0100
>
> > On the freehand tool info bar (we call it freehand not
> > pencil) there is (I hope) exactly such a slider. If you move
> > it fully to the left you should get a rough pencil effect,
> > and if you move it fully to the right you should get a (very)
> > smooth line. If that doesn't work for you, it's a bug.
> >
> > Alex
>
> Yes, and the slider also changes not just how smooth the next line you
> draw will be, but also the smoothness of the last line you drew - so you
> can adjust its smoothness after you've drawn the line.
>
> And a few other tips about the tool:
> - If you hold Shift while drawing you can erase back up the line
> - If you hold Alt you can draw straight line segments (may not work on
> LX because of X windows key issues)
> - If you draw over an existing line (selected) or edge of a shape you
> can re-draw parts of the line or edges of shapes, so the tool can be
> used to edit existing shapes.
>
> Hopefully soon we'll integrate the Help so these and other features will
> be documented.
>
> Charles