Comment 4 for bug 1331967

On 2014-06-19 14:43 +0100, alecive wrote:
> On 2014-06-19 14:15 +0100, ~suv wrote:
>> On 2014-06-19 10:26 +0100, alecive wrote:
>>>
>>> I honestly would love to see an option to increase the node size
>>> into the preferences window! I'm running ubuntu 14.04 + inkscape
>>> trunk ppa and there's no sign of it.
>>
>> The node handle size in Inkscape trunk can be adjusted in 'Inkscape
>> Preferences > Input/Output > Input Devices > Handle size'
>
> (…) I'm using inkscape-trunk ppa on ubuntu 14.04, and to date I'm
> using inkscape 0.48 revision #13432.
>
> Is this option already available in the version I'm using? If so,
> where can I find it? I didn't get your comment completely: why are
> you talking about a 0.91 version? I'm still at 0.48.

Based on your comments you are using current inkscape trunk (0.48+devel) and not current stable (0.48) [1]: please check the preferences as described earlier for the newly added option to change the size of the node handles:
1) open Inkscape Preferences (Ctrl+Shift+P)
2) in the list on the left side of the preferences dialog, select
   'Input/Output > Input Devices'
3) in the panel on the right side of the preferences dialog, adjust the
   'Handle size' by dragging the slider further to the right

As explained earlier to Vladimir in bug #172059, this setting so far only affects nodes and node handles, but not yet the transformation handles (arrows) of a selection (-> the bug status is 'In Progress').

[1] The next major release will have the version 0.91:
<http://inkscape.org/en/news/2013/12/19/inkscape-049-will-now-be-inkscape-091/>
This next major release 0.91 will be based on current trunk (0.48+devel) which AFAICT is what you have installed via Ubuntu PPA 'inkscape-trunk'. You can verify which version you are actually using via Inkscape menu 'Help > About Inkscape'. Note that 0.48.4 is the official stable version, and that current trunk uses '0.48+devel' as version string.