Re: Temporary tools

[Bernhard Reiter]

Hi Valentin,

On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 12:25:10PM +0300, Valentin Ungureanu wrote:
> A new patch:
> http://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?func=detailitem&item_id=4516
> 
> It adds similar functionality to the canvas modes from skencil
> 0.6, but implemented with "temporary" tools. That means, for
> example, that it would be possible to zoom in to some selected
> nodes without losing the selection (this is possible in 0.6 but
> not in 0.7)

> Temporary tools can be chained indefinitely.

thanks for the contribution.
This temporary tools indeed sound quite interesting.

> Note that after applying this patch there is nothing to see
> (except watching the tests pass)
> 
> There is a second patch which transforms the zoom tool into a
> temporary one:
> http://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?func=detailitem&item_id=4517
> 
> Now create a curve, activate the edit tool, select some nodes,
> click on the zoom tool and zoom to the selected nodes with
> press-drag-release. You should be back in the edit tool, with
> the nodes still selected.

I will try this once in a while.
        Bernhard R.


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