Oh, and the third and most important source of confusion:
3. Let's say I draw a series of straight line segments using the Bezier (Pen) tool, snapping these *nodes* to the grid. Then I immediately switch to the "Edit paths by nodes" tool and try moving one of those same *nodes* ... I find they no longer snap to the grid. The problem here? The user interface has quietly reclassified my input from one category to another: while drawing the lines, snapping was active under the plain "snap nodes, paths and handles" control, but then while editing the nodes, that control was no longer sufficient and there was no snapping unless "Snap cusp nodes" is also turned on.
It may be quite challenging to redesign this part of the user interface to be more intuitive, but it surely would be an improvement that I for one would appreciate.
Oh, and the third and most important source of confusion:
3. Let's say I draw a series of straight line segments using the Bezier (Pen) tool, snapping these *nodes* to the grid. Then I immediately switch to the "Edit paths by nodes" tool and try moving one of those same *nodes* ... I find they no longer snap to the grid. The problem here? The user interface has quietly reclassified my input from one category to another: while drawing the lines, snapping was active under the plain "snap nodes, paths and handles" control, but then while editing the nodes, that control was no longer sufficient and there was no snapping unless "Snap cusp nodes" is also turned on.
It may be quite challenging to redesign this part of the user interface to be more intuitive, but it surely would be an improvement that I for one would appreciate.