photoken hat geschrieben:I disagree. The variable width setting is exactly where one would expect it to be -- accessible by double-clicking the line style depiction in the Line Style Editor. This is the same behavior for accessing colour editing, for example.
Sorry to disagree with you here, let´s count the clicks to accomplish this operation, follow me here.
2 clicks to open the Line Editor +2 open the line pattern +1 Variable width checkbox + 1 drag the window away from the canvas, noticed that the underlying, so +1 to cancel the operation, +1 drag away the Line Style editor, +2 to open the Line pattern AGAIN, +1 Variable width checkbox AGAIN, click ok + click ok AGAIN.
Don´t let me get started if you need to add/modify some nodes, the variable width goes to hell, so what to do?... all those clicks again?
At least 11 clicks in order to create a variable width against what? if PL has another tool which activate the variable width on the canvas where you click on that icon and start modifying the width... I don´t know, but for me 2 clicks is much much less than 11.
Many people suffer of carpal tunnel including myself and the less clicks the better in order to reduce the amount of repetitions and stress on the area in order to accomplish one task.
photoken hat geschrieben:That manic video shows how inaccessible and hidden the feature is in Inkscape. Also, creating new "width points" is very much hidden -- nowhere is it obvious that you have to Ctrl+click on an existing "width point" to duplicate it and then drag the duplicate off the original to place it where you want it.
In PL, one can simply use Layout...Vector...Vector Outline (as Eurgail pointed out) to add or subtract points on the path to alter the shape.
Another thing to remember is that PL has the outstanding capability of creating variable width vector lines using pen pressure if one is using a graphics tablet. I don't think any other drawing program on the planet can do that.
You took me waaaaaay to literally here, I´m thinking out of the box on how the line width editor on the canvas can be much better approach.
photoken hat geschrieben:It doesn't matter any more, since the latest beta (18.90b9) shows a live preview of the variable width in the main editing window.
Of course it does, you have no idea of the real length of the vector so you have to create the width and then moving it around in order to place it is the right place.
Cheers,
Juan