eraser tool closes open lines

[Jérôme Borme]

1. Draw a line with markers.
2. Use the eraser tool to erase around the line (do not intersect the line).
3. It may (or not) give weird results

It looks like the eraser tool closes the open lines. For lines with markers, it means that the start and end markers can be stacked at the same point (visually), which I guess is unwanted. Check the last lines of this diff.

diff -Naur test.svg test2.svg
--- test.svg 2009-04-06 21:43:34.000000000 +0100
+++ test2.svg 2009-04-06 21:43:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    id="svg2"
    sodipodi:version="0.32"
    inkscape:version="0.46+devel"
- sodipodi:docname="test.svg"
+ sodipodi:docname="test2.svg"
    inkscape:output_extension="org.inkscape.output.svg.inkscape">
   <defs
      id="defs4">
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
         <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
         <dc:type
            rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
+ <dc:title></dc:title>
       </cc:Work>
     </rdf:RDF>
   </metadata>
@@ -118,8 +119,7 @@
      id="layer1">
     <path
        style="stroke-width:1px;stroke:#000000;stroke-opacity:1;marker-start:url(#Arrow1Lstart);marker-end:url(#Arrow1Lend)"
- d="M 83.129151,409.7377 198.7871,330.22286"
- id="path4255"
- sodipodi:nodetypes="cc" />
+ d="M 198.78125 330.21875 L 83.125 409.75 L 198.78125 330.21875 z "
+ id="path4255" />
   </g>
 </svg>

[Jérôme Borme (jerome-borme)]

Example file. Use the eraser around the line forming an angle at the lower left corner (see png above) to observe the stacking of the two markers at one extremity of the line. This is the file used to produce the diff above.

[Jérôme Borme (jerome-borme)]

I forgot to specify the version I used:
* Linux x86_64 (2.6.29.1)
* gcc 4.3.2
* Inkscape r21064 (snapshot dated 6 Apr. 2009)

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Confirmed on Ubuntu 9.04, Inkscape rev. 21789.
Open lines without markers are also closed.

[AstromanPete (peter-f-smith)]

This is incredibly important for me for sketching!

I would also say this is an issue for the Tweak tool. Tools should have discrete functions which conform to their real-world counterparts (pencils and erasers). This behavior is an abhorrent side-effect. It makes the pencil tool useless for sketching.

[AstromanPete (peter-f-smith)]

I didn't mean for the above to sound as strident as it does. I was merely trying to emphasize how important this is to my workflow.

[TDolce (todd-dolce)]

Not strident at all. I agree with you 100%. This is why I cannot use inkscape for my cartooning.

Todd P. Dolce'
FedEx Solutions
901.224.2889 W
901.201.8840 C

----- Original Message -----
From: <email address hidden> <email address hidden>
To: Todd Dolce
Sent: Wed Nov 03 17:44:24 2010
Subject: [Bug 356598] Re: eraser tool closes open lines

I didn't mean for the above to sound as strident as it does. I was
merely trying to emphasize how important this is to my workflow.

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eraser tool closes open lines
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356598
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Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: Confirmed

Bug description:
1. Draw a line with markers.
2. Use the eraser tool to erase around the line (do not intersect the line).
3. It may (or not) give weird results

It looks like the eraser tool closes the open lines. For lines with markers, it means that the start and end markers can be stacked at the same point (visually), which I guess is unwanted. Check the last lines of this diff.

diff -Naur test.svg test2.svg
--- test.svg 2009-04-06 21:43:34.000000000 +0100
+++ test2.svg 2009-04-06 21:43:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    id="svg2"
    sodipodi:version="0.32"
    inkscape:version="0.46+devel"
- sodipodi:docname="test.svg"
+ sodipodi:docname="test2.svg"
    inkscape:output_extension="org.inkscape.output.svg.inkscape">
   <defs
      id="defs4">
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
         <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
         <dc:type
            rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
+ <dc:title></dc:title>
       </cc:Work>
     </rdf:RDF>
   </metadata>
@@ -118,8 +119,7 @@
      id="layer1">
     <path
        style="stroke-width:1px;stroke:#000000;stroke-opacity:1;marker-start:url(#Arrow1Lstart);marker-end:url(#Arrow1Lend)"
- d="M 83.129151,409.7377 198.7871,330.22286"
- id="path4255"
- sodipodi:nodetypes="cc" />
+ d="M 198.78125 330.21875 L 83.125 409.75 L 198.78125 330.21875 z "
+ id="path4255" />
   </g>
 </svg>

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[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Still affecting 0.91 and trunk rev. 14684.