Tool(box) organization

[Adam C.]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:37:04 +0100, Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org>  
wrote:

> On Wednesday 19 January 2011, Sven Langkamp wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org>  
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Wednesday 19 January 2011, Sven Langkamp wrote:
>> >
>> > > -put those tools at the bottom of the toolbox as proposed on
>> > calligra-devel
>> > >
>> > > -cut some of the flake tools and put the functionality into the  
>> Krita
>> > tools
>> > > There are some tools that have very little value for Krita like the
>> > > connection tool or filter effect tool (we can't save filters  
>> created by
>> > > that).
>> >
>> > Hm.... why not, actually?
>> >
>>
>> Shape layers are saved as ODF which doesn't support filter effects. In
>> Karbon it's the same, filter effects are only saved to SVG and not to  
>> ODF.
>>
>
> Sounds like we either need to save as svg -- or work with Jan to add  
> filters as a kind of private extension to ODG.
>
>>
>> > > The path tool basically has the same stuff the Krita path tool has.
>> > > That would leave five tools (Default, freehand, pattern, gradient,
>> > > calligraphy).
as far as i can see, you can't edit a path drawn by the krita path tool.  
imo this is a big drawback. currently we lack a possibility to draw a path  
with a paintop, right?
>> >
>> > What I would prefer is have the tools with actual krita functionality
>> > replace the flake tools but be in the same position. So the krita  
>> path tool
>> > goes in the place of the flake path tool etc. That way, there's  
>> consistency
>> > with the rest of the suite. Or that the flake tools get a kind of  
>> plugin
>> > mechanism, which would mean our krita-specific functionality gets  
>> added to
>> > the tool, and we don't need the krita tools  
>> anymore.<https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kimageshop>
>> >
this sounds very good to me. it would be also consistent with rect,  
ellipse, line.. tools.

>>
>> Default tool stays the same as it's used on both layer types.
what's the use of default tool in pixel mode? as far as i can tell, the  
default tool selects shapes, so it should replace the pixel selection  
tools.

>> To be consistent to Krita the path and caligraphy tool would have to be  
>> paintops.
why should the path tool be a paintop?
i agree, that calligraphy should be, but i don't see a reasonable way to  
implement that. you would also have to implement presets for calligraphy,  
integrate it into paintop settings, switch layers, add flake to the  
paintop testing area.. probably it would need even some work on flake, but  
it would be definitely a cool feature (especially if it also works for  
karbon).

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> Well, use paintops, I think.
>
>> Flake path tool is already obsolete, we just need the code to blacklist  
>> it.
as already stated abouth, imo it's not true.
>> Flake pattern and gradient tool don't really match to any Krita tool.
the flake pattern and gradient tools don't work here in krita, but they  
have a mapping to krita gradient and fill tool. the usage is a little bit  
different though..
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