On Tuesday 06 July 2004 02:31 pm, William wrote: > Suggestion: Make the "Erase" tool be like an eraser. This could probably > be implemented by borrowing a significant amount of the existing code for > shrinking of segments as provided by the "Resize" tool.
Not really. Erasing from either end would be a resize, but erasing in the middle would require two splits and a deletion, yielding two new segments. I'd say *if anything* perhaps the solution here is to change the eraser icon into something else. Everything you wish to accomplish with the eraser can already be done using some combination of existing tools. Making a new tool to combine both resizing (erasing from either end) and spliting/selecting/deleting (erasing some odd bit in the middle) operations just sounds like a huge headache for a very trivial usability improvement. Personally, I don't agree that it's even an issue. Even if I expected it to erase bits of a segment, it would become obvious to me what it really did after the first time I used it. Since that operation would be undoable, I don't see a real problem. I think we have much bigger problems to deal with than this. (And no, I'm not keen on having to rewrite that part of the tutorial. It's one of the only things I HAVEN'T had to rewrite four or more times, and that suits me perfectly well.) -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
