Re: [Sodipodi-list] Layers and misc.

[Dan D. <da...@de...>]

On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 14:59, Will Clements wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to the list.  I've been following Sodipodi
> since 0.24, and just compiled 0.27.  My question
> concerns keeping track of the layers and what is
> in each layer.  There seems to be no easy way to do
> this, although it's possible I'm missing something.
> How many layers are possible?  Is there any plan
> for a more intuitive layering mechanism? (ex, Gimp,
> PhotoShop, Sketch, etc).

Mentalguy sort of touched on this. Sodipodi is object based rather than
layer-based. With objects you can rearrange the stacking and group them.
Programs that use objects rather than layers typically using an object
hierarchy window as opposed to a layer window. To that end, sodipodi has
the XML Editor dialog. You can click an element in the tree to select it
in sodipodi; however, you must close the dialog to keep working. Also,
as mentalguy pointed out, it would be nice to toggle visibility from
within this window.
 
> Also, a couple of other question:
> 
> 2) I need to draw an precise angle.  Is there currently
> any way to do this?

Not really, except you can constrain the pen tool to 90 deg using
Ctrl+click.

> 3) On each canvas, there is a page outline.  Is this 
> necessary? Is there someway I can get rid of this?

I assume you mean a grid? This is toggled in the Editing Window/Desktop
Setting dialog.

> 4) With 0.26 and 0.27 I have a problem with saving my
> prefs on exit. Is this a current issue?

Seems to work for me. Which preference are you referring to, all of
them? Does it not save a ~/.sodopodi/preferences file at all?